Details
Contributor Robinson Engraving Company, printer.
Title [African Americans picking cotton with a cotton compress] [graphic].
Publisher Boston : Robinson Eng. Co
Publisher MASS. Boston. 1881
Date 1881
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 14 x 8 cm (5.5 x 3 in.)
Description Racist, trade card specimen depicting African Americans picking cotton on a plantation. In the left foreground, shows an African American man, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, pants, and shoes, carrying a basket on his back filled with cotton. In the right, two African American children sit on the ground and fill a basket with cotton. In the background, is a large, wooden compress or cotton press. An African American man, with a basket of cotton at his feet, puts cotton into the compress. Another man stands in the right of the stairs leading to the compress with a basket of cotton. In the right background is a building and two women crouching on the ground and another man standing. In the top of the card is an additional illustration depicting a pine tree falling over. In the foreground is a bird on a branch, and a house is visible in the background.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Publication information and date from the copyright statement: Copyright by Robinson Eng. Co. Boston U.S.A. 1881.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American children -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Cotton pickers.
Cotton plantations.
Cotton presses.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Printer Robinson Engraving Company, printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 28 [P.2017.95.239]
Accession number P.2017.95.239