2010.54.241

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Black '47 (Irish Potato Famine)
c. 1985
24 in HIGH x 18 in WIDE
(60.96 cm HIGH x 45.72 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.241






Refers to the 1847 Irish potato famine. Poster has a black and white image in the center of a raised fist wearing a broken metal cuff with two chains attached. Under the fist is "black" printed in large letters with "'47" in red in the C. Over the "a" is a small cartoon drawing of men in a cart being pulled by a horse. The bottom right corner has a white paper attached with a cartoon on it. The cartoon depicts two men, one holding a bomb the other holding a machine gun. Below the men is "Which one is the real Irish Republican Terrorist?..."
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