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[1880s], undated
Vertical file 4: OVR 111-120
GUSN-199181
This advertisement contains harmful imagery including stereotypical and racist caricatures.
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An advertisement for Howorth's Double Show, a traveling company touring New England in the late 19th century.
caricatures
comedy (genre)
actors
performances (entertainment events)
advertisements
prints (visual works)
chromolithographs
Prints and Engravings Collection Number 115OVR
1 chromolithograph
GC002
Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s
1986
GC002.02.115
[late 1880s]
22 x 27 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
From Jewett House, 1986
Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Lithographer)
prints (visual works)
chromolithographs
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Irish
Irish Americans
African Americans
Very poor and very fragile. Colors excellent. Tears in many places. Major tear top center 11.5" down. Needs to be pressed flat.
Item
Vertical file 4: OVR 111-120
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