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Do they miss me at home? [graphic].
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Contributor
Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870, printer.
Mason, Caroline Atherton, 1823-1890 Do they miss me at home.
Title
Do they miss me at home? [graphic].
Publisher
Boston : Bufford
Publisher
MASS. Boston. 1870
Date
[ca. 1870]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 12 x 7 cm (4.5 x 3 in.)
Description
Racist trade card specimen depicting a caricature of a young African American girl, possibly a satirical personification of the popular mid-19th century song of the same title. Shows the barefooted girl, attired in a baby doll dress, her hair in short coils, and the fingers of one hand in her mouth as, in the other, she holds the string of a rolling pull toy horse visible behind her. Published in 1852 and composed by S. M. Grannis with lyrics by Caroline Atherton Mason, "Do they Miss Me at Home" was written in the voice of a homesick girl away at school. The song remained popular through the Civil War when translated to the voice of soldiers. Bufford, later J. H. Bufford's Sons, issued trade cards 1870-1875 containing images portraying racial and ethnic stereotypes, as well as personfications of popular 19th-century songs, ballads, and poems.
Notes
Title from item.
Date inferred from style of copyright statement: Copyrighted, Bufford, Boston.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American girls -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Racism in popular culture.
Toys.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Cards -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Do they [P.2017.95.203]
Accession number
P.2017.95.203
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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