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African-American Man has shoe shined by White Boy

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hand colored stereograph; printed on verso "THE WHITE SLAVE. / Copyright / A.A. CHILDS & CO / Makers, / 127 Tremont St., / BOSTON"; African-American man standing in profile wearing yellow and black gingham pants, black coat with long tails, white button down shirt and vest with top hat and holding a silver handled cane; African-American man has his right foot raised on a low box and his shoe is being shined by a young, white (caucasian) boy; young white boy is kneeling on the ground in profile wearing black pants, white button down work shirt and a cap and is holding a brush to shine the shoe of the man; on the wall behind them are broadsides denouncing slavery and announcing a play (?) "The White Slave"; more broadsides saying "No Slavery / Freedom" and "Great Meeting / Negro Amancipation / Poor Slaves"Currently not on view
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National Museum of American History

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Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. Boys
  4. Men
  5. Photography
  6. Workers

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