[Man shooting arrow at apple on man's head] 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 coat and striped pants shooting an arrow at an apple on man's head. Captioned card. At top: "NIGGER HEAD" SMOKING TOBACCO/ Wm. S. Kimball & Co. In box at center: SMOKE VANITY FAIR. In box across bottom of card: Our "NIGGER HEAD" never fails to hit the mark. Lower left corner of image: CLAY & CO. BUFFALO, N.Y.

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