| Title |
Geo. F. Woods, druggist and apothecary, dealer in fancy goods, Bellows Falls, Ct. [graphic] : Soda and mineral waters on draught
and in package.
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| Publisher |
[United States] : [publisher not identified] |
| Date |
[ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
2 prints : lithographs printed on pink card ; sheet 6.5 x 10 cm. (2.5 x 4 in.) |
| Description |
Trade cards promoting druggist George F. Woods and depicting an Asian man looking at a statue of an Asian woman in a park.
Shows an Asian man, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a conical hat, patterned tunic and matching pants, and shoes.
He stands behind a fence and looks at a statue of a barefooted woman, wearing a headpiece and attired in a sarong with her
breasts exposed, on a pedestal. She holds a fan with a long handle in her right hand and gestures with her left hand. Also
visible are a palm tree, potted plant, and a path.
|
| Notes |
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of William H. Helfand. |
|
See related: P.9828.7151. |
|
RVCDC |
| Subject |
Woods, George F., d. 1888. |
|
Asian conical hats. |
|
Asians -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Ethnic stereotypes. |
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Fans. |
|
Fans (Accessories) |
|
Men -- Asian. |
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Orientalism. |
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Pharmacists -- Vermont -- Bellows Falls. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Vermont -- Bellows Falls. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Sarongs. |
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Sculpture. |
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Women -- Asian. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
|
Lithographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Racist caricatures. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Wood [P.9828.7149-7150] |
| Accession number |
P.9828.7149 |
|
P.9828.7150 |
