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The new Smart Set – Antique Wall Art

The new Smart Set, Cincinnati ; New York : U.S. Lithograph Co., c1906. — vintage poster
The new Smart Set, Cincinnati ; New York : U.S. Lithograph Co., c1906.. Vintage poster from the Automobiles collection.

(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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The caption "Papa's auto" sets the joke on this 1906 poster for *The New Smart Set*, a vaudeville show built around a car when automobiles were still a novelty on American streets. The U.S. Lithograph Co., which printed in Cincinnati and New York, produced many colorful advertising sheets for touring stage productions. The poster is also catalogued under African American performances and portrayals, a reminder that vaudeville of this period often relied on racial caricature for laughs. Its mix of a modern machine and stock comic figures says as much about the audience's assumptions as about the automobile.

Created / publishedCincinnati ; New York : U.S. Lithograph Co., c1906.
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 45 x 35 cm.
GenreCincinnati & New York." Caption: Papa's auto. No. 10060."
NotesCreated and copyright 1906 by The U.S. Lithograph Co
SubjectsAfrican Americans--Performances & portrayals. Automobiles. Vaudeville shows.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,757 × 4,667 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221405

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