BM1-5P0345-02
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- Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
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- CaricatureCartoonChairGovernmentIllustrationManMusicianNewspaperPerformancePoliticsPrintTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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- What the image shows
- A printed cartoon on yellowed newspaper paper showing two caricatured men seated on wooden chairs, each playing a banjo-like instrument. The man on the left, shown in profile with a dark suit, plucks his instrument while a verse of printed text in the upper left reads 'I cannot sing the old songs', and the man on the right, with a white beard and bow tie, waves his banjo high above his head with its neck and strings flying. Both figures are drawn in loose ink with exaggerated features, and a small signature and a faint date appear in the lower corners.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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- I cannot sing the old songs'Tis four years since I tried,Nor hum the tune I used to singOf which the old cow died.To sing those songs just now would beMost inconvenient.T'would place me in a quandaryAnd bust the government.Of which the old cuor died.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-21T09:47:26Z · source datestamp n/a · ead
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