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TITLE:  Oh carry me back to ole Virginny / Lith. & printed in colors by Robertson, Seibert & Shearman, New York.

CALL NUMBER:  LOT 10618-61 [item] [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-ppmsca-08346 (digital file from original print)
LC-USZC4-2356 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-122077 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Tobacco package label showing African American banjo player, woman, and three children in cabin.

MEDIUM:  1 print : lithograph, color.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  New York : Robertson, Seibert & Shearman, c1859.

NOTES:

Copyright by G.W. Hillman & Co.

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.

Exhibited: "Picturing the Banjo" at the Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, and other venues, 2005-2006.

SUBJECTS:

African Americans--Domestic life--Virginia--1850-1860.
Families--Virginia--1850-1860.
Slaves--Virginia--1850-1860.

FORMAT:

Tobacco package labels 1850-1860.
Lithographs Color 1850-1860.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) ppmsca 08346 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.08346
(digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g02356 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g02356
(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c22077 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c22077

CONTROL #:  93510468



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