Details
Contributor J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith., printer.
Title Whoa! Aunty! [graphic] : Compliments of Goodwin brothers, wheel-wrights.
Publisher Boston : Bufford
Publisher MASS. Boston. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 12 cm (3.75 x 4.5 in.)
Description Racist trade card promoting wheelwrights the Goodwin Brothers and depicting caricatures of African Americans picking cotton on a plantation. In the left, an African American man, attired in a hat, a blue plaid shirt, blue and white striped pants, and brown shoes, kneels on the ground and picks cotton off of a plant. To his left is a large basket overflowing with cotton. In the right, two barefooted African American boys, attired respectively in beige pants rolled up to the knees and a blue shirt and blue pants rolled up to the knees and a white shirt, each hold the end of a rope (probably a jump rope). They look in alarm and exclaim “Whoa! Aunty!” as an African American woman who has tripped on the rope flies in the air. The woman, attired in a white shirt with blue polka dots, a blue plaid shirt, and black shoes, throws both her hands in front of her with her mouth open as she falls toward the ground. Her basket full of cotton is flung through the air. In the background are four other cotton pickers, one man carries a basket on his right shoulder and a woman raises both her arms up. Brothers James K. Goodwin (1844-1910) and Charles W. Goodwin (1853-1943) were wheelwrights in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Notes Title from item.
Date deduced from history of the advertised business.
Series number printed on the recto: 450.
Advertising text printed on the verso: Goodwin Brothers, manufacturers of wheels and carriage wood work of every description. Also dealers in hubs, spokes, rims, shafts, bodies, seats, carriage gear &c. Hubs turned and mortised. Sawing and planing to order. Carriages built to order, complete. Special attention given to repairing. 441 Elm Street, Hodge’s Building, Manchester, N.H. J.K. Goodwin. C.W. Goodwin.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Cotton pickers.
Cotton plantations.
Falling.
Racism in popular culture.
Rope skipping.
Wheelwrights -- New Hampshire -- Manchester.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Associated name J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith., printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Goodwin [P.2017.95.74]
Accession number P.2017.95.74

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