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Murphy and Currier & Ives

The Darktown Slide

1883

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The Darktown Slide

Murphy and Currier & Ives

The Darktown Slide

The Darktown Slide

1883

Physical Qualities Color lithograph, Sheet: 343 × 451 mm. (13 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sylvan Cohen, Baltimore
Object Number 1980.159

Artist

Murphy

2000–2000

American, dates unknown
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Publisher

Currier & Ives

1856–1906

New York, 1857-1907
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