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Buy clothing for self & boys of Tefft & Boswell, the great Oak Hall clothiers, No. 70 E. Main-St. Amsterdam, N.Y. [graphic].
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Title
Buy clothing for self & boys of Tefft & Boswell, the great Oak Hall clothiers, No. 70 E. Main-St. Amsterdam, N.Y. [graphic].
Publisher
[New York] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph; sheet 8 x 5 cm (3 x 2 in.)
Description
Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American woman walking past a white man. The woman is attired in a straw hat, a dot-patterned dress with a ruffled collar, and flat shoes. She holds a basket filled with flowers in her right arm. The white man is attired in a checker-patterned suit and a top hat. He holds an upturned cane in his right hand and tips the brim of his hat with his left hand. Tefft & Boswell was a clothing business in Amsterdam, New York owned by H.J. Boswell and founded in 1883.
Notes
Title from item.
Text printed on recto: "Lord a massa I done gone made a mash!"
Series no. 414 printed in right corner on recto.
Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Clothing & dress.
Clothing stores -- New York -- Amsterdam.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Lithographs. -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards. -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Tefft [P.2017.95.173]
Accession number
P.2017.95.173
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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