African American man walking through the snow in the North ; African American and white man smoking in the South, United States, 1860
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Item data
Title
African American man walking through the snow in the North ; African American and white man smoking in the South, United States, 1860
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
African-American History -- 1860s
Names
Mullen, C. (Artist)
Morton, H. Q. (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1861
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-H-186
Subjects
Walking
African Americans -- History -- 1860-1869
Men, White -- 1860-1869
Fishing -- 1860-1869
Smoking -- 1860-1869
Snow -- 1860-1869
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on border: "Jan. 26, 1861" Printed on border: "(North.) -- Fish out of water ; (South.) -- Uncle Clem. 'Say, Massa Jim, is I wan of them unfortunate Niggers as you was reading about?' Young Gentleman. 'Yes, Uncle Clem, you are one of them.' Uncle Clem. 'Well, it's a great pity about me. -- I'se berry badly off. I is.' "
Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 17 x 24 cm. (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17149519
Barcode: 33333159330980
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bd761280-c52e-012f-8b12-58d385a7bc34
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1861
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "African American man walking through the snow in the North ; African American and white man smoking in the South, United States, 1860" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1861. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd761280-c52e-012f-8b12-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1861). African American man walking through the snow in the North ; African American and white man smoking in the South, United States, 1860 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd761280-c52e-012f-8b12-58d385a7bc34
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 walking through the snow in the North ; African American and white man smoking in the South, United States, 1860" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd761280-c52e-012f-8b12-58d385a7bc34
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