Well Missy! Heah we is!"" – Vintage Print
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Well Missy! Heah we is!"" comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Well Missy! Heah we is!""
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The title, "Well Missy! Heah we is!", is written in exaggerated dialect and sets the tone for this wood engraving, which appeared in *Puck* on March 13, 1913. *Puck* was a satirical weekly published by Keppler & Schwarzmann in New York, and its illustrations often relied on stock figures and comic types. The initials L.M.G. in the lower left are the signature of the artist, possibly Louis M. Glackens, though the catalog record marks that attribution as unverified. Viewers today should note how the dialect and the implied relationship between speaker and "Missy" draw on racial caricature common in early twentieth-century American humor.
| Created / published | c1913. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Wood engraving signed in lower left L.M.G. [L.M. Glackens?], copyrighted by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Illus. in: Puck, (1913 March 13). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Original scan | 1,054 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173351 |
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