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37. The new shoes [graphic]

Creator:: Hunt, Charles, active 1825-1857, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1833]
Call Number:: 825.00.00.35
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: One of a series of British social caricatures lampooning the pretensions of early 19th-century middle-class Philadelphians, mainly the city's growing community of free African Americans. Influenced by an increasing fascination with American culture and a growing racism stemming from the abolition of slavery in England, the African American characters are depicted with grotesque features and manners, wearing outlandish clothes, and speaking in patois and malapropisms to be portrayed as ineptly attempting to mimic white high society. In this print the artist mocks African American vanity and the desire to look white: a well-dressed African American woman purchasing shoes at "Sambo Paley Boots & Shoe Manufacturer." The belle, portrayed with mannish features, wears a yellow bonnet with a white veil that frames her face like long straight hair. Seated, she slightly lifts her red dress to inspect the black shoe that the African American sales clerk has just placed on her large foot. She believes the shoe "is sich a bery dirty color" and does he not have any white or pink ones. The kneeling sales clerk attempts to persuade her that it may not be "handsome" to look at, but surely a "good color to wear." Another clerk with a row of boots behind him is seen in the background performing as a store sign states, the "Best Jet Blacking Sold Here." On the left, an African American couple is seen walking passed the store
Alternative Title:: New shoes
Description:: Title from caption below image. Series title appears at top of image., Prints based on an American publication from 1828-30: Clay, E.W. Life in Philadelphia., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:: Published by G.S. Tregear, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):: Pennsylvania and Philadelphia.
Subject (Topic):: African Americans, African American women, Afro-Americans, Clothing & dress, and Shoe stores
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The new shoes [graphic]

38. Where was Moses when the light went out?

Creator:: Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946, composer
Published / Created:: [1901]
Call Number:: JWJ -V4 V47 W57
Image Count:: 6
Resource Type:: notated music
Alternative Title:: Moses Johnson was a deacon in a colored congregation
Description:: BEIN JWJ -V4 V47 W57: Autograph: Willie Gohn. Stamps: Gohn; Tottens' Music House., Staff notation., For voice and piano., "Sung with great success by Williams & Walker.", Illustrated title page signed "Starmer"., and Publisher's advertisement on unnumbered page at end.
Publisher:: Published by Shapiro, Bernstein, & Von Tilzer
Subject (Topic):: Popular music and African Americans
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Where was Moses when the light went out?

39. [Photograph album].

Creator:: Robertson, Harold L. (Harold Lloyd), 1918-2012, compiler
Published / Created:: [circa 1920s-1960s]
Call Number:: JWJ MSS 351
Image Count:: 168
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Photograph album compiled by Harold L. Robertson, containing over 1000 photographs, circa 1920s-1960s, most undated, many with manuscript annotations on versos. Most photographs are black and white, with a few color images, 1940s-1960s. Photographs are of Robertson; his family, friends, and military colleagues; and images made by Robertson and others documenting his experiences in the United States Army. Family photographs include portraits and informal images relating to his childhood in New York City, 1920s-1930s; Vicki Robertson and their children, many made in Harlem, New York City, 1930s-1960s; and Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, their wedding, and her family, in Germany, 1950s. Photographs from Robertson's military career include images of military operations and informal images of soldiers, most in the 10th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Riley Kansas, 1930s, including cavalry drill, and the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion in Darmstadt, Germany, 1950s, including bridge building and other military construction. Other photographs date from military service in Italy and Germany during World War II and postwar administrative work in Washington, D. C. Also present are photographs and documents relating to a German shepherd dog trained by Robertson in Germany, 1950s
Description:: Harold L. Robertson (1918-2012), was born in New York City and served in the United States Army, 1930s-1950s. In the 1930s Robertston enlisted in the 10th Cavalry Regiment, a segregated unit of African Americans known as Buffalo Soldiers, and he was later reassigned to the 547th Engineer Combat Battalion, which was desegregated in 1953. During the 1940s-1950s, Robertson was stationed in Germany, where he trained as a noncommissioned officer and was promoted to Master Sargeant. Robertson married Vicki Robertson, circa 1930; she lived in New York City with their children, Harold L. Robertson, Jr. (1942-), Terry Roberson (circa 1945-), and Ronald Robertson (1947-). Robertson married Helena Jaroslawzewa Robertson, a German, in 1960. They lived in Germany and later in Teaneck, New Jersey, where Robertson died in 2012., Annotations in English., Title devised by cataloger., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., Original album disbound for conservation, and album cover discarded. Accompanied by printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs., and Box 1: printed images of album pages, showing original arrangement of photographs; photographs from pages [3-55]; Box 2: photographs from pages [56-99]; Box 3: photographs from pages [100-145]; Box 4: photographs from pages [146-161].
Subject (Geographic):: Germany., Germany, United States, United States., Italy, Darmstadt (Germany), Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Kansas, New York (N.Y.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):: Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012. (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012 (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1942- (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Helena Jaroslawzewa, Robertson, Ronald, 1947-, Robertson, Terry, approximately 1945-, Robertson, Vicki, active approximately 1930-1950, United States. Army, United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 10th (1866-1950), and United States. Army. Engineer Combat Battalion, 547th
Subject (Topic):: African American officers, African American troops, African American soldiers, Military construction operations, Photographers, African American photographers, African Americans, Segregation, Armed Forces, Non-commissioned officers, German shepherd dog, Training, Interracial marrige, Military bases, Military bridges, Design and construction, Photography, Military, World War, 1939-1945, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photograph album].

40. [Photographic postcard of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith].

Creator:: Beitler, Lawrence, photographer
Published / Created:: [1930 August 7]
Call Number:: GEN MSS FILE 694
Container / Volume:: (File)
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Photographic postcard of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, taken by Lawrence Beitler. Shipp and Smith were murdered by a mob in Marion, Indiana on August 7, 1930
Description:: Lawrence Beitler (1885-1960) was an American studio photographer., Caption in English., Title devised by cataloger., Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger., and Printed caption on verso.
Subject (Geographic):: Indiana, Marion., Marion, Grant County, and Marion (Ind.)
Subject (Name):: Beitler, Lawrence., Shipp, Thomas, 1911-1930, and Smith, Abram, -1930
Subject (Topic):: Death and burial, African Americans, Violence against, Lynching, Racism, and Race relations
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photographic postcard of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith].