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When I Waz a Boy

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Top, short story. Bottom, two cats hanging from a line, by their tails. Both tails are knotted together, ripping fur out; lower left, fur falling.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Illustrator
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Collector
Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
Author
Henry Wheeler Shaw, American, 1818–1885
Date
1877
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Medium
Printed in black ink on blue paper
Dimensions
30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Type
albums (bound) & books
Object Name
Ephemera
Type
Ephemera
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