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Photo, Print, Drawing Bootsie. "Brother Bootsie we really appreciate you droppin' in to wish us merry Chris'mus. But we got a few things to do right now, so drop by some other time...around the first of April for instance!" / Ollie Harrington.

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Title

  • Bootsie. "Brother Bootsie we really appreciate you droppin' in to wish us merry Chris'mus. But we got a few things to do right now, so drop by some other time...around the first of April for instance!" / Ollie Harrington.

Summary

  • Cartoon shows a black man, backed by members of his family who are about to eat their Christmas dinner, gently hustling another man out the door. Oliver Harrington was one of the first African American cartoonists. His cartoons featuring Bootsie, a genial scapegrace in Harlem, were among the first to counter the racial stereotypes of earlier cartoonists. He was also a sharp critic of the race situation in the United States and found it expedient after 1951 to do his cartooning from Europe.

Names

  • Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-1995, artist

Created / Published

  • 1961 Dec. 30.

Headings

  • -  African Americans--1960-1970
  • -  Christmas--1960-1970

Format Headings

  • Cartoons (Commentary)--1960-1970.
  • Ink drawings--1960-1970.

Genre

  • Cartoons (Commentary)--1960-1970
  • Ink drawings--1960-1970

Notes

  • -  Title from item.
  • -  Caption label from exhibit Cartoon America: An African American family ready to enjoy their Christmas dinner hastens "Brother Bootsie" out the door in this cartoon by African American artist Oliver W. Harrington. Bootsie, a plump, black Everyman of Harlem first entered Harrington's series Dark Laughter in 1935 in the Amsterdam News. The cartoonist's series on urban black life brought sharp focus to abysmal problems in race relations, yet also depicted home life, as seen in this holiday scenario. Harrington left the U.S. in 1951 for Europe, where he continued his nearly sixty-year career.
  • -  Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
  • -  Exhibited: Cartoon America: Highlights from the Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Library of Congress, 2006-2007.
  • -  Unprocessed in WOOD/Harrington.244
  • -  Hess, Drawn & quartered, p. 98, 108 ljr

Medium

  • 1 drawing : crayon and ink over blue pencil underdrawing ; 47.3 x 36.2 cm (sheet)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:055-4 [item] [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005677267

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-03492 (digital file from original drawing)

Rights Advisory

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  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Oliver Harrington Rights and Restrictions Information," https://aj.sunback.homes/rr/print/res/421_harr.html
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-03492 (digital file from original drawing)
  • Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:055-4 [item] [P&P]
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Chicago citation style:

Harrington, Oliver W. , Artist. Bootsie. "Brother Bootsie we really appreciate you droppin' in to wish us merry Chris'mus. But we got a few things to do right now, so drop by some other time...around the first of April for instance!" / Ollie Harrington. , 1961. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005677267/.

APA citation style:

Harrington, O. W. (1961) Bootsie. "Brother Bootsie we really appreciate you droppin' in to wish us merry Chris'mus. But we got a few things to do right now, so drop by some other time...around the first of April for instance!" / Ollie Harrington. , 1961. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005677267/.

MLA citation style:

Harrington, Oliver W. , Artist. Bootsie. "Brother Bootsie we really appreciate you droppin' in to wish us merry Chris'mus. But we got a few things to do right now, so drop by some other time...around the first of April for instance!" / Ollie Harrington. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005677267/>.