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African-American magnolia seller
African-American magnolia seller
TitleAfrican-American magnolia seller
DescriptionPhotograph of a printed engraving of an African-American magnolia seller, a common sight in Houston at the time. One of six sketches made in Houston by an artist who was accompanying journalist Edward King of "Scribner's Monthly" in 1873, when the city was recovering from Reconstruction.
InscriptionKING.5c.
Dateca. 1873
Genreblack-and-white photographs
engravings
copy prints
Subject.Topical (AAT)flowers
peddlers
african american
Subject (Geographic)Houston, Texas
Original CollectionGeorge Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection, 1836-2001 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 1970-001, Box 12, Folder 282
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File namefur400-cc.tif
Digital Collectionreformatted digital