Circa 1900
Made by Colored-American Society Company
Washington, DC
Revered as "the Poet Laureate of the Negro Race," Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote popular and politically-charged works in both traditional prose and African American dialect. He was a favorite writer of Maggie Walker's.
Paper. H 45.1, W 36.2 D 1.6 cm
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, MAWA 120