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Auction 90, Lot 364

"L'Amerique et le Peril Jaune",

Subject: Politics

Period: 1908 (dated)

Publication: Le Petit Journal

Color: Printed Color

Size:
12 x 17 inches
30.5 x 43.2 cm
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Striking front page colored wood engraving. Translation of the title is "America and the Yellow Danger - The mob besieging a shop owned by Asians in San Francisco". It shows an angry mob attacking a shop and wielding sticks and guns and carrying an American flag, while terrified Asians are barricaded inside the shop and ready to defend themselves with knives and guns. It is a poignant illustration. Paper toned and a bit fragile.

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Condition: B

Estimate: $30 - $35

Sold for: $0

Closed on 3/15/2000

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