Lime Kiln Club
- Description:
- Ithica Manufacturing Cigar Company label bearing a color lithographed illustration entitled "Lime Kiln Club," by Mensing and Steecher of Rochester, New York. The image of a group of black-face-style stereotypical caricatures of African Americans engaged in a burlesque club meeting is based upon the book, "Brother Gardner's Lime-Kiln Club," about a meeting of the fictional organization set on Fighting Island on the Detroit River.
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Subject Topic:
- Lime-Kiln Club, Caricatures, and Fighting Island
- Format:
- Label, Product
- Rights:
- No Copyright - United States
- URL:
- http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/E817804B-EAD8-4248-8593-531059604774