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Image ID

812422


Item data

Title

As different as black from white

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
African-American Advertising

Names

Wallace, Leslie F., -1957 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1887

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-Adv

Subjects

African Americans
Children -- United States
Medicines
Patent medicines

Genres

Advertisements

Notes

Content: Printed on image: "As different as black from white are the Cuticura remedies from all other remedies for the treatment of diseases of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss of hair. Includes additional text.
Source Note: Century magazine. (New York : The Century Co., 1870-).

Physical Description

Extent: sheet 21 x 16 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17180925
Barcode: 33333159328539
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 95a249b0-c52e-012f-4dcb-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1887

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "As different as black from white" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95a249b0-c52e-012f-4dcb-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1887). As different as black from white Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95a249b0-c52e-012f-4dcb-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "As different as black from white" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95a249b0-c52e-012f-4dcb-58d385a7bc34

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