Contributor |
Sygafus, J.Y., distributor. |
Title |
"Wes don got de "Domestic," we has!" [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Cincinnati, OH] : [publisher not identified] |
Publisher |
OH. Cincinnati. 1880 |
Date |
[ca. 1880] |
Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 13 cm (3 x 4.5 in.) |
Description |
Racist trade card promoting the Domestic Sewing Machine Company and depicting a comic genre scene of an African American couple
who has acquired a sewing machine. The figures are portrayed with exaggerated features. In the center is a man and woman in
a blue-colored cart being pulled by a galloping brown horse. The man, attired in a top hat; a blue jacket; a white collared
shirt; and green checked pants, strains and leans forward as he holds the reins. The woman, attired in a yellow dress with
black polka dots and a pink bonnet, leans back and exclaims in the vernacular that "wes don got the Domestic, we has!" She
raises her left hand in the air and holds a white handkerchief. A sewing machine is visible inside the cart. In the far right
a barefooted boy attired in a straw hat; a white collared shirt; and brown pants rolled up to his calves, possibly their displaced
son, runs beside the wagon. In the top right corner is an inset illustration of a Domestic Sewing Machine Co.'s sewing machine.
William S. Mack & Co. and N.S. Perkins founded the Domestic Sewing Machine Company in 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio. The White Sewing
Machine Company bought the company in 1924.
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Notes |
Title from item. |
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Place of publication inferred from place of operation of advertised business. |
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Date deduced from history of advertised business. |
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Advertising printed on verso: "It stands at the head. The light running "Domestic" No. 4 Family. The best. The model machine.
Domestic Sewing Machine Co." Includes an illustration of a Domestic sewing machine.
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Distributor's imprint printed on verso: J.Y. Sigafus, Sewing machines, organs, and pianos, cheap for cash. Stroudsburg, PA. |
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Gift of David Doret. |
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Library Company holds duplicate copy [P.2017.95.50]. |
Subject |
Domestic Sewing Machine Co. |
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African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American couples -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Carts & wagons. |
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Consumers. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Running. |
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Sewing machine industry -- Ohio -- Norwalk. |
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Sewing machines. |
Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
Associated name |
Sygafus, J.Y., distributor. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Domestic [P.2017.95.49] |
Accession number |
P.2017.95.49 |