Title: A Peep at Coondom (wrapper title) Author: Place: New York Publisher: Date: c.1900 Description: 12 halftone plates from photographs, captioned in the negatives but no other text. 22.7x30.8 cm. (9x12"), string-tied wrappers. Photographic views of stereotypical African Americans through white eyes, Including "The Crap Game Discovered"; "Picking Cotton"; "Short Distance Telephone - in Alabam'" - talking into a donkey's ear and listening at the tail; watermelon eating, chicken stealing, dancing, loafing, comic bicycling, and other activities. Rare - OCLC/WorldCat does not list any copies. Lot Amendments Condition: Neat corner repairs to wrappers - very good. Item number: 256697
Title: A Peep at Coondom (wrapper title) Author: Place: New York Publisher: Date: c.1900 Description: 12 halftone plates from photographs, captioned in the negatives but no other text. 22.7x30.8 cm. (9x12"), string-tied wrappers. Photographic views of stereotypical African Americans through white eyes, Including "The Crap Game Discovered"; "Picking Cotton"; "Short Distance Telephone - in Alabam'" - talking into a donkey's ear and listening at the tail; watermelon eating, chicken stealing, dancing, loafing, comic bicycling, and other activities. Rare - OCLC/WorldCat does not list any copies. Lot Amendments Condition: Neat corner repairs to wrappers - very good. Item number: 256697
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