Details
Contributor Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 Mikado.
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 Mikado.
Title Lloyd O. Woodruff, druggist. Cor. Broadway & Point St., Cape Vincent, N.Y. Don’t read the other side. [graphic].
Publisher [Cape Vincent, N.Y.] : [publisher not identified]
Date [ca. 1886]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet x cm ( x in.)
Description Racist trade card promoting pharmacist Lloyd O. Woodruff and depicting actress Kate Forster dressed in character as Pitti-Sing from the opera, The Mikado or, The town of Titipu, by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Shows Forster wearing her hair up and attired in a blue kimono with gold decorations and a gold, flower-patterned obi. She holds a fan in both hands behind her head. Kate Forster, whose real name was Kate Jancowski, worked for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and performed as Pitti-Sing and Katisha in the Mikado in 1885-1886, 1889-1902. Lloyd O. Woodruff opened a drugstore in Cape Vincent, New York circa 1870.
Notes Title stamped on recto.
Date deduced from dates of the performance.
Text printed on verso: Lloyd O. Woodruff, druggist, keeps a full line of drugs, patent medicines, paints, oils, window glass, dry goods, boots, shoes and rubbers, fine stationery, school books, fancy groceries, watches, chains, plated ware, crockery, and will not be undersold, if you do not see what you want at his store, ask for it. Don’t forget the place, Cor. Broadway & Point St.
Gift of William H. Helfand.
RVCDC
Subject Forster, Kate.
Woodruff, Lloyd Osgood, 1841-1915.
Actresses.
Fans.
Fans (Accessories)
Japanese -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Japonism.
Kimonos.
Operas & operettas.
Pharmacists -- New York (State) -- Cape Vincent.
Pharmaceutical industry -- New York (State) -- Cape Vincent.
Racism in popular culture.
Yellowface.
Women.
AAPI.
Women.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists -Woodruff [P.9828.7139]
Accession number P.9828.7139