How much ob dis road am you 'titled to, suh?

Creator

Keystone View Company
B. L. Singley

Files

Creator Role

manufacturer publisher copyrighter

Description

The stereograph includes a black and white image depicting racial caricature of an African-American man [man in blackface] pointing at a white man with an overturned bicycle. A spilled bushel of apples sits in the background. It is mounted on a peach-colored stereo card with rounded edges. On the card's verso, the title is listed in six additional languages.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1898

Measurement

3 1/2 X 7 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

albumen print on card mount

Inscription

recto, vertical at left: Keystone View Company, / Manufacturers and Publishers. recto, vertical at right: Meadville, Pa. St. Louis, Mo. / Copyright 1898, by B.L. Singley recto, at bottom: 10551-"How much ob dis road am you'titled to, suh?"

Subjects

African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons; Caricature

Work Type

stereograph

Class

photos

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

6453

Digital ID

FVW_06453

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.