- Created by
- Hunt, Benjamin P., 1808 - 1877
- Published by
- Bacon, Benjamin C., American
- Date
- 1866
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (22.5 x 14 cm)
- Description
- A bound pamphlet titled “Why Colored People in Philadelphia are Excluded from the Street Cars.” The booklet is printed with black text on yellowed paper. Printed in black text at the top of the page is [PRICE TEN CENTS]. The top right corner has Illegible handwritten text in graphite. A circular stamp in black ink on the cover in the top right corner reads [NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY / FORD COLLECTION]. Stamped blue text on the cover in the top right corner reads [681573]. There are 27 pages.
- Place printed
- Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- pamphlets
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Segregation
- Slavery
- Transportation
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.42
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




