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Tambo: His Jokes & Funny Sayings

1882

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A paperback book titled "Tambo: His Jokes & Funny Sayings" published by Wehman Brothers. The cover is tan paper with red printed text and a center illustration of a Blackface minstrel character, sitting in a chair with a tambourine on his knee. Text at the top reads [Price 15 Cents.] The title is printed around the center image: [TAMBO / HIS JOKES / AND / FUNNY SAYINGS]. Along the bottom is [PUBLISHED BY WEHMAN BROS., NEW YORK]. The back cover is also printed in red and features a full page advertisement for [WEHMAN'S / MINSTREL / SKETCHES / CONDUNDRUMS AND JOKES], featuring an illustration of minstrel group on stage.

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Catalog reference: 2015.97.26.13

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