Mississippi - An Incident in a Census-Enumerator's Work Among the Negroes - "Shuah You's Got the Babby? by FRANK LESLIE'S WEEKLY - 1881

New York: Frank Leslie's Weekly, 1881. unbound. Moser. View. Wood engraving. Sheet measures 11" x 15 3/4". Image measures 8 3/8" x 11 3/4"<br/> <br/> This print was published in the April 16, 1881 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The illustration reflects the idea that the black population, particularly in the South in places where they exceeded half of the total population, was often under-counted. The print is in very good condition. Wear to margins, not affecting the image. <br> <br> Frank Leslie's Weekly, originally known as Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, was a leading American illustrated news magazine published between 1852 and 1922. Its pioneering use of mass-market reproduction techniques--wood engravings, then daguerrotypes and other photography--made it able to bring visual news to the masses at a remarkably fast speed for the time period. This large-scale print, made relatively early in the newspaper's life, demonstrates the ambitions that drove its production from the start.<br/> <br/>