Image of an outdoor scene depicting the disrupted picnic of a party of African American men and woman in formal dress, who look aghast towards two men standing at center who stare at a woman in a red dress who has fainted, with a picnic blanket and food in disarray, and one man stuffing pieces of pie in into his mouth; in a park-like setting with grass, a fence, and trees in the background. Probable date supplied by cataloger based on similar images in collection (priJLC_ENT_000481 ; priJLC_ENT_000488) and printer history; Strobridge Lithographing Company did not open a New York sales office until 1882. "No. 6"--text, top right of image. "The Strobridge Co. Cin & N-Y."--text, bottom left of image. "Haverly's World Famous Minstrels"--text, remnant of attached date sheet pasted at bottom center of poster. "Primary Projectors / of Thousands / of New Laughs."--text, top left of image. "Laughs / that were / never laughed before"--text, top right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.84 x 102.24 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/4 in.)
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