Image of an African American couple walking through their yard together in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York; man holds a rake over one shoulder, has his arm around the woman's shoulders, and they gaze at each other happily; seeds and seed packets fall from the basket over the woman's arm and are eaten by the chickens following her; house and sunflowers past a wooden fence in background. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Forbes changed their name from W.H. Forbes & Co. after 1875. "The Forbes Company Boston & New York"--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 60.01 x 41.91 cm (23 5/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
Advertising--Seeds African Americans--Pictorial works Chickens--Pictorial works Couples--Pictorial works Men--Pictorial works Women--Pictorial works Crosman Bros Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Horticulture Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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