"Why yo' use dat ol' cannon foh er stove?"
"Kase I wants to burn all kinds ob firewood, whethah hit's loaded wid gunpowdah or not. Dar's some poe'ful mean w'ite folks in dis vicinerty, Deacon, an' hit's bes' to be on de safe side."14166
Edward Windsor Kemble
(American, 1861–1933)
Life Magazine
(1883–1972)
about 1904
Medium/TechniqueOffset photomechanical on card stock
DimensionsVertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2013.13957
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPostcards
Collections
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2013, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 2013)
