Minstrels, The: Book Cover and Book Pages, 1883

 Minstrel Book Cover, 1883: Copyright: 57.7.33A Minstrel Book Cover, 1883
Minstrel Book Cover, 1883

Copyright: 57.7.33A Minstrel Book Cover, 1883

Name/Title

Minstrels, The: Book Cover and Book Pages, 1883

Entry/Object ID

AM1957.7.33

Scope and Content

Minstrels, The: Book Cover and Book Pages, 1883. Original book had bright pictorial boards. We have only the cover and a few pages, The cardboard cover is a color illustration of outlandish vignette of minstrels playing oversize banjo with head through tambourine; The pages are in rhyme with sepia illustration of minstrails and black folk cartoon. One character in the poem is "Sambo" and a small boy is referred to as a "pickaninny". Geo. Rutledge & Sons, publisher. Stamped on back of cover "Otto Keller" Printed at bottom of one page: Wemple & Company, Lithographers & Color Printers, New York A = Cover B = Large Pages C = Small page.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Page

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Leaf

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Minstrels

Search Terms

Black Sterotype

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Apr 18, 2016