Darktown Fire Co. Float, 150th Anniversary of Brunswick

Photograph

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Pejepscot History Center

Darktown Fire Co. Float, 150th Anniversary of Brunswick

Darktown Fire Co. Float, 150th Anniversary of Brunswick

Name/Title

Darktown Fire Co. Float, 150th Anniversary of Brunswick

Entry/Object ID

1973.6.20

Description

Warning: This object has racially offensive content. A sepia-toned photo of the "Darktown 3 Fire Co." in the Brunswick 150th Anniversary Parade. The people travelling on the float are in blackface, recreating the Currier & Ives print series titled "Darktown Fire Brigade." The wagon travels by the same building picture in 1973.6.17, 1973.6.14 & 1973.6.15. Two of the Currier & Ives prints are in the collection (see Related).

Collection

Mrs. F. Burton Whitman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Celebrations - Brunswick, Celebrations - 150th Anniversary of Brunswick, Anniversaries - Brunswick, Parades - Brunswick, Darktown Fire Brigade, Blackface, wagons, Horses