The walk around ; The wrestle ; A retired gin'r'l
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Item data
Title
The walk around ; The wrestle ; A retired gin'r'l
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
African-American Life -- 1880s
Names
Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1882
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 -- Social life -- 1880-1889
African Americans -- 1880-1889
Tobacco pipes -- 1880-1889
African Americans -- Men -- Georgia -- 1880-1889
Farm life -- Georgia -- 1880-1889
Smoking -- Georgia -- 1880-1889
Wrestling -- Georgia -- 1880-1889
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "876 ; A Georgia corn-shucking." Artist of lower left-hand image unidentified. Includes additional text.
Source Note: Century magazine. (New York : The Century Co., 1870-).
Physical Description
Line photoengravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 23 x 15 cm. (9 x 6 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17164850
Barcode: 33333159333323
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2fd7fd80-c52f-012f-d999-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1882
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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. "The walk around ; The wrestle ; A retired gin'r'l" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1882. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2fd7fd80-c52f-012f-d999-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1882). The walk around ; The wrestle ; A retired gin'r'l Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2fd7fd80-c52f-012f-d999-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The walk around ; The wrestle ; A retired gin'r'l" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2fd7fd80-c52f-012f-d999-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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