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1920
Cream of Wheat
He Sho' Thinks He's Hidin'
One undated tin plaque advertising Cream of Wheat. Image contains minstrel imagery of a black chef with a small white child hiding. Tag line reads, "He sho' thinks he's hidin.'"
GLC09779.01
5 May 1931
A.A. Signs
We Serve Colored, Carry Out Only
One sign dated May 5, 1931. Text says, "We Serve Colored Only, Carry Out Only." Printed by A.A. Signs.
GLC09779.02
1 August 1929
B & B Sign Co.
Colored Seated in Rear
One sign dated August 1, 1929. Text says, "Colored Seated in Rear." Printed by B & B Sign Co.
GLC09779.03
GLC09779.04
14 July 1931
Ace Sign Company
Colored Must Sit in Balcony
One sign dated July 14, 1931. Text says, "Colored Must Sit in Balcony." Printed by Ace Sign Company. According to text on item was likely hung in the Grand Theater in Birmingham, Alabama.
GLC09779.05
Drinking Fountain, White, Colored
One sign dated July 14, 1931. Text says, "Drink Fountain, White, Colored." Image includes arrows where white and black people could drink water separately.
GLC09779.06
1929
Restrooms, White, Colored
One sign dated 1929. Text says, "Restrooms, White, Colored." Image includes arrows where white and black people could use bathrooms separately at L&N Railroad stations in Louisville, Kentucky.
GLC09779.07
1919
Let Women Vote
One sign dated 1919. Text says, "Let Women Vote." Printed by the National Women Suffrage Association.
GLC09779.08
1890
Bien, Julius, (fl. 1890)
Proportion of the Colored to the Aggregate Population: 1890
JB00597
circa 1935
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
U.S. Grant
One print of Ulysses S. Grant from the Famous American Series No. 16. Reverse side contains a biography and promotional information about Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company.
GLC08878.1132
circa 1890
Unknown
Old Hickory
One print of President Andrew Jackson with the text "Old Hickory" written above his portrait. Likely used for a cigar label.
GLC08878.1185
1842
B.W. Thayer & Co. (lithographer [Boston, Mass.]), fl. 1840-1850
Levi Woodbury
One print entitled, "Levi Woodbury." Lithograph created by B.W. Thayer & Co. Notes that this image was taken from a daguerreotype taken by Southworth and Hawes.
GLC08878.1039
1898
Rothenstein, William, 1872-1945
[Print of W.B. Yeats]
One print of poet W.B. Yeats dated 1898 by William Rothenstein.
GLC08878.1056
Salmon, Thomas
[Map of Africa]
A map of Africa with a small engraving of a crocodile and a fort on the lower left corner.
JB00030
John Tallis & Company
Western Africa
JB00101
The Growth and Development of America in Maps
GLC09861
7 engraved maps of Africa
GLC09862
Ornamental Map of the United States and Mexico
GLC09863
1689
Nolin, I.B. (fl. 1689)
L'Amerique Septentrionale, ou la Partie Septentrionale des Indes Occidentales
One map entitled "L'Amerique Septrentrionale, ou la Partie Septentrionale des Indes Occidentales," dated 1689. Illustrated by I.B. Nolin. Item is a reduced map of North America and the West Indies. Also noted is California as an island. The original...
GLC09864
WWII Newsmap published by the War Department Bureau of Public Relations
GLC09865
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