Details
Contributor Croft, Charles T., distributor.
Title Edwin C. Burt, fine shoes. Presented by Chas. T. Croft, Little Falls, N.Y. [graphic].
Publisher [New York] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 12 cm (3 x 4.5 in.)
Description Trade card promoting shoemaker Edwin C. Burt and depicting a racist, whimsical scene of two African American boys carrying a white girl in a “sedan chair” in the shape of a shoe. In the left, a boy attired in red, sarong-like shorts holds the red, back handles of the sedan over his shoulders. In the right, a boy attired in yellow, sarong-like shorts with black stripes holds the red, front handles over his shoulders. The girl sits with her legs stretched out. She is attired in a red headband that wraps around her brown hair styled in a bun; a yellow, short-sleeved dress with a white collar and blue stripes at the sleeves and around the bottom; and a gold bracelet. She holds a matching yellow and blue fan, possibly of peacock feathers. The sedan chair is depicted as a black woman's dress shoe with a heel and is adorned with a red bow at the front with a gold and diamond circular embellishment. A red canopy with green fringe trim attached to the back of the shoe shields the girl. In the background, mountains and a pink sky are visible. Edwin C. Burt (1818-1884) began his career in boot and shoemaking with his father in Hartford, Connecticut in 1838. He moved his business to New York City in 1848 and founded Edwin C. Burt & Co. in 1860. He patented an improvement to increase his shoes' durability in 1874.
Notes Title from item.
Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business.
Date deduced from history of the advertised business.
Text on the recto: Over.
Advertising text printed on verso: Chas. T Croft, dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers, Little Fall, N.Y. Has a choice line of Burt's goods, manufactured expressively for him by Edwin C. Burt, New York. Caution: the genuine Burt shoe has the name Edwin C. Burt stamped in full on the lining and sole of e[ach] shoe, and are warranted. Over.
Contains Edwin C. Burt trademark on verso depicting an ornament composed of an illustration of a circle of exposition seals where Burt had won awards, including the 1876 Centennial in Philadelphia.
Gift of David Doret.
Library Company holds a duplicate copy with a variant verso [P.2017.95.20].
Subject Burt, Edwin C., 1818-1884.
African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Girls.
Lifting & carrying.
Porters.
Racism in popular culture.
Sedan chairs.
Shoe industry -- New York (State) -- New York.
Shoes.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Croft, Charles T., distributor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Burt [P.2017.95.19]
Accession number P.2017.95.19