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Title [Racist and sexist metamorphic New Years Day card depicting a man kissing a series of women, including an African American woman depicted in caricature] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [no publisher indentified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1895
Date [ca. 1895]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; sheet 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 in.), folded to 10 x 8 cm (4 x 3 in.)
Description Racist and sexist metamorphic trade card showing an older man in a tuxedo, holding a bouquet of roses, and kissing a "rotating" series of women through a "window." Only the women's heads are visible. The women include a white woman with auburn hair in a top knot and adorned with a rose; a young white woman with blonde, puffed, chin-length hair and adorned with matching blue bows; a white woman with raven-colored hair, pulled up, and adorned with a bridal veil; a white woman with pulled up cherry-blonde hair and adorned with blue flowers; and an African American woman, wearing a kerchief, hoop earrings and depicted with caricatured and exagerrated features. The man has grey hair and a dark-haired, pencil mustache and also wears a monocle.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from fashion of figures depicted.
Greeting printed inside: Here's a nosegay sweet and fair, Lilies, roses, rich and rare. Try each in turn then take a rest, And choose the one you love the best. They're charming, ah I thought you'd say so, Make up your mind pray don't delay so. That SHE'll be faithful, fond, and true, The odds are FIVE to ONE on you! E.E.G. With [fond love and] best Wishes for a Happy New Year, To [Mrs. ? ? ?].
Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject African American women -- Clothing & dress.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Kissing.
New Year.
Older people.
Racism in popular culture.
Sexism.
Women -- Clothing & dress.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1890-1900.
New Year cards -- 1890-1900.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ephemera - Cards - New Years [P.2019.23.2]
Accession number P.2019.23.2

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