H. Mansell, Pensacola (FL?) Full length group portrait, three men in suits, prominent watch chains and hats; white man seated center; two black men standing, holding dogs; two additional dogs lie in foreground. Carte de visite

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection (JWJ MSS 54) > Series I. Visual Material > CARTES DE VISITE > H. Mansell, Pensacola (FL?) Full length group portrait, three men in suits, prominent watch chains and hats; white man seated center; two black men standing, holding dogs; two additional dogs lie in foreground. Carte de visite

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Title: H. Mansell, Pensacola (FL?) Full length group portrait, three men in suits, prominent watch chains and hats; white man seated center; two black men standing, holding dogs; two additional dogs lie in foreground. Carte de visite
Creator: From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created: circa 1880
Description: In purple ink, verso: left figure "Albard has little Harry;" right figure - "Joe has Cara;" right lower "Harry the big dog;" left lower "Jip the Poodle." Probably a circus or other dog act, possibly wintering in Florida.
Provenance: Purchase from Swann Galleries, Inc., 1995 on various funds.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

JWJ MSS 54

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    THIS ITEM H. Mansell, Pensacola (FL?) Full length group portrait, three men in suits, prominent watch chains and hats; white man seated center; two black men standing, holding dogs; two additional dogs lie in foreground. Carte de visite

Container / Volume

Box 11, folder 396

Access: Public
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Citation: Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.