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Lot 126

[LITHOGRAPHY]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANA]. “Shut the Door! Use Bos...

Estimate: $300 - $600

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[LITHOGRAPHY]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANA]. ?Shut the Door! Use Bosche [sic] German Syrup for Coughs & Colds / Greens August Flower for Dyspepsia & Liver Complaints?. New York: Chas. Shields? Sons, [ca. 1890s]. Color lithograph door card sign depicting Uncle Sam holding an Almanac and shouting at a smiling African-American man in ragged clothes to close the door he just opened to keep the snow out. 7 ? x 9 ??. Verso is rubbed, scuffed, soiled; ?Please Notice? instructional text on verso scuffed with some loss (text is instructions on placement of door sign). Excellent. Rare. From the Mark Rucker Collection.