Blondin Donkey—Comic. Asheville and Vicinity series

by Thomas H. Lindsey, photographer

$275 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Asheville, N.C., ca. 1890 Cabinet card photograph, 4.375” x 7” plus mount. Printed text at verso. Early pencil annotation below title: “April 12 1890.” CONDITION: Very good, excellent tonality. A sweet photo of a handsome Black boy on a donkey, intended to riff on a popular comic trope, although we find no trace of humor in the image.North Carolina photographer Thomas Lindsey included this photo in the

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