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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Shooting Turkeys for Thanksgiving-Day |
| Date | c.1847-1865 |
| Record ID | 434138 |
| Collection Name | Lithographs |
| Reference | Lithf ChilJ Shoo |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Calendar Events and Holidays |
| Library of Congress Subject | Men Boys Hunters Hunting African Americans Thanksgiving Day Sporting prints Tinted Hand-colored |
| Genre | Pictorial Works Poetry and Verse |
| Description | 1 print : lithograph, tinted, hand-colored ; image and text 30.5 x 37.5 cm., on sheet 42.5 x 51 cm. |
| Publisher | Childs, John |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Document Type | Lithograph |
| Book Type | Sporting prints.aat Lithographs--Tinted--Hand-colored |
| Additional Notes | Published by J Childs, 63 North Second St Philada |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | Subject: Winter scene of a group of men and boys getting ready to hunt and shoot turkeys next to a barn. Some men are cleaning and loading their guns, while others are on horses. Two small boys, one African American, kneel in the snow. Notes: John Childs worked in Philadelphia from 1847 until the mid 1860s. Includes verses from the ballad American taxation "Written by a New England Patriot in 1765" [i.e., Peter St. John]. Local Notes: American Antiquarian Society copy the gift of Jay T. Last, 2000. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |