Details
Contributor Halman, D.D., distributor.
Title G.F.H. Guth, dealer in first class pianos, organs, sewing machines and musical merchandise [graphic].
Publisher [Allentown, Pa.] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher PA. Allentown. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 11 cm (2.5 x 4.5 in.)
Description Racist trade card promoting G.F.H. Guth's musical instruments retail store and depicting a caricature of an African American man on a farm with a horse-drawn plow driven and guided by dogs. Shows an African American man, attired in a hat, an orange plaid collared shirt, black pants, and black shoes, holding a whip and overseeing plowing on a farm. In the center is a team of two white horses pulling a plow. On top of the plow is a large, black dog wearing a collar and holding the reins to the horses in his mouth. Numerous lines of furrows can be seen in the ground. In front of the plow, a small, white dog wearing a collar guides the horses. Granville Francis Hiram Guth (1860-1939) owned a store in Allentown, Pa. selling pianos, organs, and musical instruments and also worked as a job printer. His store appears in the directories in the late 1880s to 1890s.
Notes Title from item.
Place of publication inferred from place of operation of advertised business.
Date deduced from history of the advertised business.
Advertising text printed on verso: [Only] first-class makes on hand. No poor ones [in stock.] [Speci]alties. Behr Bros. Pianos. Farrand & Votey Organs. [Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Mach’s. 830] Ham[ilton St. All]entown [PA.]
Text printed on the verso has been torn and damaged.
Guth's imprint is stamped on recto: G.F.H. Guth, Music dealer, 830 Hamilton St., Allentown.
Distributor’s imprint printed on verso: D.D. Halman, Salesman.
Series number printed on the recto: 468.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Guth, Granville Francis Hiram, 1860-1939.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Dogs.
Farming.
Farms.
Human-animal relationships.
Musical instrument industry -- Pennsylvania -- Allentown.
Plowing.
Plows.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Associated name Halman, D.D., distributor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Guth [P.2017.95.76]
Accession number P.2017.95.76

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