<I>Tambo: His Jokes & Funny Sayings</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1882
name: label: Written by
content: A. T. B. De Witt
label: Published by
content: Wehman Bros.
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blackface
label: Topic
content: Minstrel shows
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.97.26.13
objectType: label: Type
content: paperbacks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 1/16 in. (18 × 12 × 0.2 cm)