Preview
Publisher
Mc. Loughlin Bros.
Description
Vintage Black Americana Postcard. Front: Color caricature drawing of well dressed black couple kissing, owl staring. With text "Dar's nobody looking but de owl and de moon". Back: with text "Put one cent stamp here. Mc. Loughlin Bros. New York." Stereotyped black dialect was often used in depicting black people at that time.
Keywords
Black people; Caricature; African Americans; Social life and customs; African Americans in art; African Americans; Collectibles; Black couple; Black Americana
Subjects
Black people; Caricature; African Americans -- Social life and customs; African Americans in art; African Americans -- Collectibles; Black couple; Black Americana
Disclaimer
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Date Created
1900s
Identifier
DP0015466
Language
English
Extent
2 sides; 4.25 x 5.6 in.
Type
Image
Side of Image
Front of Image
Location
John C. Hitt Library
Department
Special Collections & University Archives
Type
image
Use and Reproduction
This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.
Recommended Citation
"Dar's Nobody Looking but de Owl and de Moon" (1900). African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection – Images. 30.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/carolmundy-images/30
Keywords
Black people; Caricature; African Americans; Social life and customs; African Americans in art; African Americans; Collectibles; Black couple; Black Americana
Comments
Is Part Of: African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1794-2010. UCF Special Collections Manuscripts - 5th Floor -- CFM2009_02