"Ducking in Flour for Coins" · WRSTL PLACE

Item sets: Digital Public History Class; African American Photos and Prints at the Missouri Historical Society

Title: "Ducking in Flour for Coins"
Description: Horizontal, sepia photograph showing two African American steamboat workers on the deck of ship kneeling or squatting in front of a small pan with their faces covered in flour. There is a small group of spectators standing in the background, and the shadows of people watching behind the camera can be seen on the deck as well.
Creator: UK
Subject: Steamboats; Games; African Americans
Medium: Snapshot
Format: Photograph
Date: ca. 1910; COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED
Source: Missouri Historical Society, Photos and Prints Department
Identifier: P0193-00002