| Creator |
Craig, Finley & Co. |
| Title |
Wanamaker’s ladies’ & gents’ dining rooms, 42 N. 8th St., bel. Arch, Geo. W. Wanamaker. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Craig, Finley & Co., Prs., 1020 Arch St |
| Date |
[1875] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 10 x 7 cm (3.75 x 2.5 in.) |
| Description |
Trade card promoting Wanamaker's restaurant and depicting a Chinese man serving tea to a Chinese man and woman on a balcony.
In the left, the man, wearing his hair in a queue and attired in a cap, long-sleeved tunic, pants, and black, slip-on shoes,
hands a steaming cup and saucer of tea to a seated man. The man, wearing a mustache and attired in a cap and long-sleeved
robe, sits holding a paper in his left hand and rests his feet on a footrest. In the right, the Chinese woman, wearing her
hair up in a bun and with decorative pins and attired in a long-sleeved dress with a collar, sits and holds a fan in her left
hand. A building is visible in the background.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date inferred from active dates of the lithographer and advertised business. |
|
Advertising text printed on verso: Wanamaker’s ladies’ and gents’ dining rooms, 823 Market St., & 42 S. Second St., Philadelphia.
Geo. W. Wanamaker, Prop’r. [Over.]
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RVCDC |
| Subject |
Wanamaker, George W. |
|
Chinese. |
|
Chinese -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Chinoiserie (Art). |
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Fans. |
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Fans (Accessories) |
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Men -- Chinese. |
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Restaurants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Tea. |
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Women -- Chinese. |
|
Queue (Hairstyle) |
|
AAPI. |
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Women. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Berman Trade Card Collection - Wanamaker's [P.2015.56.919] |
| Accession number |
P.2015.56.919 |
