I Detest Red Heads (Thompson)

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in ink, left: Little dabs of powder / [L]ittle gobs of paint; / make our Timmy's freckles / Look / as / if / they / aint!; inscribed, in ink, lower center: "I detest Red Heads" / THOMPSON / N.Y. 3/10-1903

Provenance

Rudolph Ruzicka (1883-1978); given to the Dartmouth College Library, likely through the Estate of Tatiana Ruzicka (1915-1995) courtesy of Edward Connery Lathem (1926-2009); transferred to present collection.

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