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Title Use the agate iron ware, as it never rusts or leaks, and loudly are its praises sung by every tongue that speaks. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Date [ca. 1885]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 10 cm (2.5 x 4 in.)
Description Trade card promoting Weber & Bro. and depicting a caricaturized Chinese man sailing in a pot and a duck sailing in a kettle. In the left, the man, wearing his hair in a queue and attired in a red cap and long-sleeved, yellow tunic with red polka dots, holds an oar as he sails in an oversized handled pot with a shirt as the sail. The pot reads, "For China." In the right, a yellow duck, attired in a red cap and shirt, looks through a telescope as it sails in a kettle that reads, "For Europe, Asia, Africa." A ship is visible in the left background. George and William Weber founded Weber & Bro. in 1881. They sold hardware, cutlery, and tools at their store located at 2230 North Front Street.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from active dates of the advertised business.
Advertising text printed on verso: Weber & Bro., 2230 North Front Street, Philadelphia, PA.
RVCDC
Subject Weber & Bro.
Chinese.
Chinese -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Ducks.
Ethnic stereotypes.
Kettles.
Men -- Chinese.
Pots & pans.
Racism in popular culture.
Sailing.
Ships.
Shirts.
Queue (Hairstyle)
AAPI.
Genre Anti-Chinese works.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Racist caricatures.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Berman Trade Card Collection - Weber & Bro. [P.2015.56.928]
Accession number P.2015.56.928

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