Song of the tongs / Gallaway. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Song of the tongs / Gallaway., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Song of the tongs / Gallaway.
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Song of the tongs" shows Black workers at the oyster beds, with the tongs, long-handled implements for raking oysters from the bottom, as its central prop. The color lithograph was printed by J. Ottmann Lithographing Co. of New York and ran on the back page of *Puck* on October 11, 1905, where comic illustrations were common. Like many periodical images of the decade, it relies on racial stereotypes that cast Black laborers as figures of fun, so it is best read as evidence of how the press portrayed African American work rather than as a neutral view of it.
| Created / published | N.Y. : J. Ottmann Lith. Co., 1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Ethnic stereotypes 1900-1910.Periodical illustrations 1900-1910.Lithographs Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Puck, 1905 Oct. 11, back page. |
| Subjects | African Americans--Employment--1900-1910. Oystering--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,466 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216552 |
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