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[LITHOGRAPHY]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANA]. “Shut the Door! Use Bosche [sic] German Syrup for Coughs & Colds / Greens August Flower for Dyspepsia & Liver Complaints”. New York: Chas. Shields’ Sons, [ca. 1890s]. Color lithograph door card sign depicting Uncle Sam holding an Almanac and shouting at a smiling African-American man in ragged clothes to close the door he just opened to keep the snow out. 7 ¾ x 9 ¾”. Verso is rubbed, scuffed, soiled; “Please Notice” instructional text on verso scuffed with some loss (text is instructions on placement of door sign). Excellent. Rare. From the Mark Rucker Collection.