8 Black Boys - tipped in
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8 Black Boys - tipped in
193220th century
226 x 153 mm
Prentiss H. Taylor (aka Baxter Snark), American, (1907–1991)
Keywords
Click a term to view the records with the same keyword- African American - Designates the styles surrounding the culture and heritage of African Americans in North America. The styles capture the essence of the African American experience and how personal and political rebellion and triumphs over prejudice and social adversity have enriched and contributed to the music, art, and literature of American culture as a whole.
- boys - Refers to male human beings from birth through adolescence.
- cages (rooms) - Any boxlike enclosures having openwork of bars, wires, or the like used to confine or protect its occupant, or to admit light or ventilation.
- jails - Places of confinement operated by a local government both for temporary detention of sentenced and unsentenced individuals and for persons serving sentences of less than one year; for longer periods of confinement and more secure than lockups, but less confining and for shorter confinements than prisons.
- prisoners - Persons involuntarily confined in prison or kept in custody. Use "convicts" for those serving a prison sentence following conviction for a criminal offense. Use "inmates" for those confined, voluntarily or involuntarily, to an institutional facility.
- rope - Heavy cord, at least 1/4 inch in diameter, formed by twisting or braiding three to six yarns of natural or artificial fiber. In ancient Egypt, ropes were made from reeds or date palm fibers. Ancient ropes were also made from flax, grass, esparto grass, hemp, sisal, coir, cotton, jute, papyrus, and camel hair. Up to 1850, most ropes were made from hemp or sisal. After this point, abaca and agave became the fibers of choice. By the 1950s, synthetic fibers (nylon, rayon, saran, polyester, etc.) became predominant. Glass and metallic fibers have also been incorporated into ropes for added strength and resistance to fire and chemicals.
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Scottsboro Limited
1997.3.26.0
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Christ in Alabama - tipped in
1997.3.26.1
Scottsboro Limited - tipped in
1997.3.26.3
Town of Scottsboro - tipped in
1997.3.26.4
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