Jimmy Crow Lithograph, 13 x 9.5 inches on white paper; few tiny mar-ginal closed tears. Np, circa 1850 E350/500 "Origins of the term 'Jim Crow' are obscure, and many theories have been put forth regarding it One possibly factual account is that of

Jimmy Crow Lithograph, 13 x 9.5 inches on white paper; few tiny mar-ginal closed tears. Np, circa 1850 E350/500 "Origins of the term 'Jim Crow' are obscure, and many theories have been put forth regarding it One possibly factual account is that of Thomas "Daddy" Rice, (1808-60) a minstrel performer, who saw a black named Jim Crow or Crowe (a partial cripple) entertain other workers between duties at Thomas Crowe's Livery Stable located on Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky, about 1830."-W. A. Low, Encyclopedia of Black America. Because of his bent leg and oddly shaped shoulder, the dance was strangely humorous and "Daddy" Rice incorporated it into his repertoire.