Details
Title Standard screw fastened boots & shoes are the best in the world. [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1882
Date [ca. 1882]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph; sheet 9 x 16 cm (3.5 x 6 in.)
Description Racist trade card illustration depicting two African American men and one African American woman. The woman walks arm in arm with one of the men; both figures are well-dressed. The man is attired in a black hat, a white collared shirt, a blue jacket, gloves, striped pants, and black heeled shoes with the Standard logo. He holds a flag promoting the Standard brand in his left hand and a flower in his right. The woman is attired in a hat, a white dress with blue dots and a bow at the collar, gloves, blue and white striped tights, and blue heeled shoes. The man in the left of the image is attired in black tattered clothing and worn out shoes that expose his toes. All of the figures are depicted with exaggerated features.
Notes Title from item.
Text printed on recto: "Go way Ephraim, Ise got a new beau now dat wears Standard Boots!"
Advertising text printed on verso: Remember and buy only Standard Screw Fastened Boots and Shoes. They surpass all others.
1882-1883 calendar printed on verso.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American couples -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Clothing & dress.
Racism in popular culture.
Shoe industry.
Genre Chromolithographs. -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards. -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Standard [P.2017.95.165]
Accession number P.2017.95.165