Details
Title Chas. Richardson, dealer in fine groceries, butter, eggs, flour, lard, fruit & poultry in season, s.e. cor. Belgrade & Crease Sts., Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 11 x 8 cm (4.25 x 2.75 in.)
Description Trade card promoting grocer Charles Richardson and showing a man clerk helping two women shopping in the grocery store. The man stands behind the counter and holds a scoop to weigh the product on a scale. Two women shoppers stand in the right, one holding a basket. In the left is an advertising statue of a Chinese man wearing a long mustache and attired in a cap; long-sleeved, mandarin collared shirt; balloon pants, and cloth slip-on shoes. The statue is on a pedestal with Chinese characters. Products displayed for sale include a ham, barrel of oil, and brooms.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Purchased 2015.
RVCDC
Subject Richardson, Charles.
Chinese -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Chinese characters.
Ethnic stereotypes.
Groceries.
Grocers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Grocery stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Men -- Chinese.
Racism in popular culture.
Sculpture.
Shopping.
Women.
AAPI.
Women.
Genre Anti-Chinese works.
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Racist caricatures.
Trade cards -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Berman Trade Card Collection - Richardson [P.2015.56.717]
Accession number P.2015.56.717