African American man smoking pipe, ca. 1889
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Research CatalogImage ID
812823
Item data
Title
African American man smoking pipe, ca. 1889
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
African-American Life -- 1880s
Names
Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1889
Date Issued: 1889-12
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-L-188
Subjects
African Americans -- Men -- 1880-1889
African Americans -- Social life -- 1880-1889
African Americans -- 1880-1889
Tobacco pipes -- 1880-1889
Smoking -- United States -- 1880-1889
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "'Smoke got sociable ways, 'ain't it?'"
Source Note: Harper''s magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).
Physical Description
Line photoengravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 15 x 14 cm. (5 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17164850
Barcode: 33333159333083
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 249e73d0-c52f-012f-45ca-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1889-12
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "African American man smoking pipe, ca. 1889" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/249e73d0-c52f-012f-45ca-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1889). African American man smoking pipe, ca. 1889 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/249e73d0-c52f-012f-45ca-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "African American man smoking pipe, ca. 1889" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/249e73d0-c52f-012f-45ca-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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