[Man waving hat and holding bow and arrows] caricatured Advertising Card from Wm. S. Kimball & Co. (H800)

Publisher William S. Kimball & Company
Lithographer Clay & Richmond American

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Issued ca.1900 by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. (H800). Color cartooned sketch / racist portrayal of African American. Caricatured scene of man in vest and striped pants waving a straw and holding a bow with target, arrows and bull with arrow in background. Captioned card. At top: NIGGER HEAD TOBACCO. In boxes center, left to right: SMOKE/ VANITY FAIR/ Wm. S. Kimball & Co. Wm. S. Kimball & Co/ PEERLESS. NIGGER/ HEAD. In box across bottom of card: Dis "NIGGER HEAD" am de great cause ob all dis/ Commotion among all dese bran's ob Tobac! Yah! Yah! Yah!! Lower left corner of image: CLAY & CO. BUFFALO, N.Y.

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