Details
Contributor Raphael Tuck & Sons, printer.
Title Here's luck! A jolly Christmas to you [graphic].
Publisher [New York] : Raphael Tuck & Sons
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 11 x 7 cm (4.5 x 2.5 in.)
Description Racist Christmas card depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel singing and playing the accordion. Shows the African American man minstrel attired in a beige top hat with a blue band, a white collared shirt, a pink ascot with a pin, a yellow jacket, a green plaid waistcoat and pants, yellow and white striped socks, and black shoes. He sings with his mouth wide open and pulls a pink accordion apart in both of his hands. Behind him is a white bust of a woman on a pedestal.
Notes Title from item.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Accordions.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Christmas.
Minstrels.
Music.
Racism in popular culture.
Singing.
Genre Christmas cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Printer Raphael Tuck & Sons, printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Here's [P.2017.95.246]
Accession number P.2017.95.246