COLLECTION NAME:
Touchton Map Library
mediaCollectionId
TBHC~3~3
Touchton Map Library
Collection
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Accession Number:
2019.060.001
accession_number
2019.060.001
Accession Number
false
Short Title:
An 8-panel brochure titled McCoy Brothers’ Indian River Line Between St. Augustine and Palm Beach…[etc.]
short_title
An 8-panel brochure titled McCoy Brothers’ Indian River Line Between St. Augustine and Palm Beach…[etc.]
Short Title
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Full Title:
McCoy Brothers' Indian River Line Between St. Augustine Beach and Palm Beach | Charming Semi-Tropical Scenery | Invigorating Air | Everglade Line Between Palm Beach, Moorehaven and Ft. Myers | Fastest Line --- Coast to Coast --- 2 Days | Yacht House Boat For Charter to all Points in Florida
full_title
McCoy Brothers' Indian River Line Between St. Augustine Beach and Palm Beach | Charming Semi-Tropical Scenery | Invigorating Air | Everglade Line Between Palm Beach, Moorehaven and Ft. Myers | Fastest Line --- Coast to Coast --- 2 Days | Yacht House Boat For Charter to all Points in Florida
Full Title
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Date Range:
1912-1918
date_range
1912-1918
Date Range
false
Object Publisher:
E. O. Painter
object_publisher
E. O. Painter
Object Publisher
false
Place of Publication:
Deland
place_of_publication
Deland
Place of Publication
false
Pub Note:
The rear panel of the brochure (when folded) includes an illustration of an alligator (with a map of Florida and the "400-mile Alligator Route") biting and likely consuming an African American man, depicted in as an offensive and stereotypical caricature, and includes a derogatory term for African Americans that was common during this time. Such depictions were popular, particularly in the South, during the Jim Crow era (roughly 1876 to the late 1960s). Depictions like these were meant to both provide a humorous illustration to the white reader as well as reducing African Americans to living in the wild, like alligators, as well as making them appear harmless and cartoon-like. Most of the river boat lines in Florida had African American employees, including some serving as ship captains, and they had to endure images like these due to the very real fear that speaking out would lead to physical harm.
pub_note
The rear panel of the brochure (when folded) includes an illustration of an alligator (with a map of Florida and the "400-mile Alligator Route") biting and likely consuming an African American man, depicted in as an offensive and stereotypical caricature, and includes a derogatory term for African Americans that was common during this time. Such depictions were popular, particularly in the South, during the Jim Crow era (roughly 1876 to the late 1960s). Depictions like these were meant to both provide a humorous illustration to the white reader as well as reducing African Americans to living in the wild, like alligators, as well as making them appear harmless and cartoon-like. Most of the river boat lines in Florida had African American employees, including some serving as ship captains, and they had to endure images like these due to the very real fear that speaking out would lead to physical harm.
Pub Note
false
Continent:
North America
continent
North America
Continent
false
Country:
United States
country
United States
Country
false
State:
Florida
state
Florida
State
false
City:
St. Augustine; Daytona Beach; Palm Beach; Moorehaven; Ft. Myers
city
St. Augustine; Daytona Beach; Palm Beach; Moorehaven; Ft. Myers
City
false
Geographic Area:
East Coast of Florida; Everglades; southwest coast of Florida
geographic_area
East Coast of Florida; Everglades; southwest coast of Florida
Geographic Area
false
Geographical Description:
Map on the alligator's back is a partial map of Florida, including most of the peninsula, showing the Indian River and Everglade Lines 400-mile Alligator Route.
geographical_description
Map on the alligator's back is a partial map of Florida, including most of the peninsula, showing the Indian River and Everglade Lines 400-mile Alligator Route.
Geographical Description
false
Subject Information:
This item was created during the era of Jim Crow. Its racist themes are not supported or condoned by the Tampa Bay History Center, which is an anti-racist institution. Items like this are important reminders of the racism and discrimination faced by African Americans throughout the history of the United States.
subject_information
This item was created during the era of Jim Crow. Its racist themes are not supported or condoned by the Tampa Bay History Center, which is an anti-racist institution. Items like this are important reminders of the racism and discrimination faced by African Americans throughout the history of the United States.
Subject Information
false