Details
Title Muzzy's corn starch [graphic].
Publisher [Elkhart, Indiana] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher IND. Elkhart. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 12 cm (3 x 5 in.)
Description Trade card promoting Elkhart Starch Company and depicting a racist genre scene of an African American woman domestic servant serving a white family at the dinner table. Shows in the center of the image the man and woman couple and child seated at a table. In the left, a man with brown hair and attired in a black jacket; a white collared shirt with a yellow bowtie; a yellow waistcoat; white pants with blue stripes; and black shoes, looks down and reads the newspaper he is holding. In the right, the blonde-haired woman, attired in a long-sleeved blue and white dress, rests her left hand on the table and looks towards the African American woman. The African American woman, attired in a blue striped dress, stands behind the table and carries a steaming pan of food. To the left, a blonde-haired child, attired in a white, short-sleeved shirt, reaches their hands up toward the pan of food. On the table are plates and cutlery. A.L. Muzzy built the Muzzy & Sage Mill in Elkhart, Indiana in 1870. Albert R. Beardsley (1847-1924) purchased the mill in 1878 and founded the Elkhart Starch Company. The Company was bought by the National Starch in 1893.
Notes Title from item.
Place of publication inferred from place of operation of the advertised business.
Date deduced from history of the advertised business.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Elkhart Starch Company.
African American household employees.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Children.
Couples.
Eating & drinking.
Racism in popular culture.
Starch industry -- Indiana -- Elkhart.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Elkhart [P.2017.95.58]
Accession number P.2017.95.58