Four African men competing in a walking race.

Date:
[ca. 1904]
Reference:
2045940i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Credit

Four African men competing in a walking race. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced July 2023: Four African men with numbered cards hanging from their necks: a slave auction (?). Process print, ca. 1904.

Description

Photograph of four men walking in a line wearing dark fabric loincloths and numbered cards hanging around their necks. Another postcard version of the same image refers to the craze as a 'walking craze', suggesting the image may be showing a group of men competing in a walking race, as related to pedestrianism.

Publication/Creation

[England?] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1904]

Physical description

1 postcard : process print ; 8.8 x 13.9 cm

Lettering

Our latest craze

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: " 'The slave auction' remains a popular and enduring fantasy with some gay men."
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045940i

Where to find it

  • Unlabelled photograph album

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