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Frank Miller's crown dressing. [graphic] : Yes missus dat am de Crown of Dressing shua!
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Title
Frank Miller's crown dressing. [graphic] : Yes missus dat am de Crown of Dressing shua!
Publisher
New York : Wemple & Company
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1870
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 8 x 11 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Description
Racist trade card depicting an African American maid shining a white woman's boots. The African American woman is depicted in profile and holds a bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing in her left hand. The white woman holds up the skirt of her dress to reveal her left boot. The maid is attired in a head wrap, a dress with the sleeves rolled, an apron, and flat shoes. The white woman is attired in a ruffled, dark-colored dress, flowers in her hair, and leather boots. A bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing sits atop an ornamented table. A tassel is visible above the bottle and a curtain is visible behind it. Frank Miller & Co. was a New York manufacturer of shoe polish based in Manhattan. The company was founded in the 1860s and continued operating throughout the late 19th century.
Notes
Title from item.
Several lines of advertising text printed on verso; text is not visible.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American household employees.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Polishes industry -- New York -- New York.
Racism in popular culture.
Shoe shining.
Women domestics.
Genre
Lithographs. -- 1860-1870
Trade cards. -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Miller [P.2017.95.128]
Accession number
P.2017.95.128
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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