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Magazine article, illustrations: A Day With the Hoboken Turtle Club - Scenes and Incidents of a Characteristic Dinner. In: Frank Leslie's Illus. Newspaper, July 17, 1886.
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Magazine article, illustrations: A Day With the Hoboken Turtle Club - Scenes and Incidents of a Characteristic Dinner.
Published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 17, 1886, page 341. Single leaf as removed from publication, 11" x 16" high. Folded horizontally. PDF on file.
Pages is captioned as above with another line of text below: From Sketches by a Staff Artist - See page 343. (this page is not present.)
Seven vignettes (six with captions as below) of typical scenes plus a depiction of a Hoboken Turtle Club shield (or pin) bearing the founding date of 1796.
Preparing the Turtle
Turtle Steaks
Cutting Out the Citron
Making the Soup
Serving
Too Late for the Punch
2014.015.0065
2014.015
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1886 - 1886
Date(s) Created: 1886 Date(s): 1886
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Notes: Although the article text is not present, the Club event was typically held at Elysian Fields in that era. Also note that African-American men are seen doing the work of food preparation and serving except in two vignettes. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-08-12
