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Description: Image of a campaign poster for the New York governor election of 1838 mentioning William H. Seward and Luther Bradish's platform of advancing rights for African Americans; image of a well dressed black man in tailcoat and top hat with a white woman in a gown and bonnet.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1838
Call number: priJLC_POL_002637
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels : the sumptuous scenic surprise the fiesta of flowers. A $10.000,00 feature

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Image of an African American woman, dressed in a ball gown, center stage surrounded by a court of formally dressed men bowing to her with an orchestra in the balcony behind; vignette of a small head-and-shoulders profile portrait of show proprietor Al G. Field at top left.

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Philadelphia Sunday press

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Image of an advertisement for the Philadelphia Sunday Press; a well-dressed woman in a hat and gown stands at center with two women in hooded robes behind her, a woman in black behind her at left and woman in red at right.

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Jeff's last shift. Capture of Jeff. Davis, May 10th, 1865, at Irwinsville, GA

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Image of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, dressed in a bonnet and dress and wielding a Bowie knife, being captured by Union soldiers during the American Civil War; two Union soldiers point their guns at Davis while a third grabs Davis's arm; a woman (possibly his wife Varina Davis) raises her hands in alarm.

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Jeff. Davis caught at last. Hoop skirts & southern chivalry

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Image of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, brandishing a knife dressed in women's clothing and a ruffled bonnet, being captured by Union soldiers during the American Civil War; one soldier points a rife at Davis while another lifts his skirt to reveal hoop skirts and boots with spurs; two women try to convince the Union soldiers that Davis is a harmless grandmother; text bubble captions above each person.

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American fashions fall and winter 1858-9 by Genio C. Scott, No. 156 Broadway New York

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Image of two vignettes featuring men, women, and children indoors and outdoors with a dog; fashion details include full skirts, riding habit with jacket bodice, child's knee-length dress with pantalettes, men's day and evening wear, capes, frock coats and tail coats worn with waistcoats and cravats, pantaloons and trousers, and men's dressing gown; sporting, riding and hunting attire pictured including cap, boots, and rifle; accessories include top hats, canes, riding crops, gloves, boy's caps, tasseled mantle, muff, floral bonnet, and feathered hat; reference key for figures numbered 1-20 in margin.

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Howorth’s Hibernica Comedy Company

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Image of a central image of a horse-drawn cart with a driver and two male passengers on a rural country road with a hay bale and cabin in the background, surrounded by nine vignettes of full-length portraits of performers including a female performer in a formal gown singing from sheet music, a man dressed as Uncle Sam with a carpet bag, a male minstrel performer dancing in blackface, and a young boy; the vignettes are set against a background of green clover; the poster advertises Howorth's Hibernica Comedy Company.

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