Mar 30, 2017 - Sale 2441

Sale 2441 - Lot 490

Price Realized: $ 228
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(RACISM.) RACIST STEREOTYPING. Pair of Large cabinet cards with drawings of blacks in 'humorous' situations. 'Call off yer lobster,' 'Call off yer dog' showing a black butcher and a white fisherman, a dog running off with a lobster attached to his tail * 'Betsy and I are Out.' Cabinet card showing a fat black couple in a cart drawn by a dog. Chicago: Lovejoy-Moody, circa 1870's-1880's

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A pair of cards that at one time would be considered funny, simply by virtue of the stereotypical portrayal of African Americans.