Black Americana Jockey Gives Betting Advice

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Stock #:1077807
Type: Postcard
Postmark: 1908 Aug-15
Postmark City: Minneapolis
Postmark State: MN
Stamp: 1c Franklin
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: H 961
Recipient Address:Hon. John C. Henshaw
Butte, MT
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Racist caricature of a Black jockey in a red shirt with number 23 giving betting advice to a white man in a suit. Text reads: "When you play a 100 to 1 shot to win, you're really playing a 1,000 to 1 shot to lose." Handwritten message: "Easymark, Is this the way you get your dope Josh"

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