Details
Title Vickery's Aunt Sally baking powder [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher P.A. Philadelphia. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 16 x 11 cm (6 x 4.5 in.)
Description Trade card illustration depicting a snowy scene. Two white boy, a woman, and a dog stand by a sled. They are under a large barren tree and near the steps of a house. Visible in the background are trees, a body of water and mountains. On the verso, there is a racist illustration of an African American woman holding a tray of biscuits. A speech bubble near her head reads, "Dar's no use talking, Missus' Vickery's Aunt Sally am de best fur biscuits and cakes." Vickery & Co. manufactured Aunt Sally's Baking Soda and was likely founded in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1875. The company's founder, George H. Vickery later moved to Philadelphia after a fire destroyed his business.
Notes Title from item.
Partially visible advertising text printed on verso: Presented with each box. Vickery's Aunt Sally baking poser, trade mark patented. The secret told. [...] put a laundry gloss on your shirts [...] Buy a bottle of Aunt Sally Harsh Gloss and see how it is done. You [...] with it, it puts that shiny gloss.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Vickery & Co.
African American household employees.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Food industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Racism in popular culture.
Sleds & sleighs.
Winter.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Vikery [P.2017.95.183]
Accession number P.2017.95.183