| Contributor |
Ketterlinus Printing House, printer. |
| Title |
Laird, Schober & Mitchell's shoes. Too fine to blacken! [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Ketterlinus |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1880 |
| Date |
[ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 11 cm (3 x 4.5 in.) |
| Description |
Racist trade card depicting a white boy kicking an African American shoe shine boy from behind. The white boy wears a white
clown outfit with blue details, jumps rope, and kicks his left foot in the air. The shoe shiner, his back to the viewer, is
propelled into the air. His top hat, shoe shining stool, and open can of shoe polish flies away from him. Laird, Schober &
Mitchell's Shoes began operating in 1870. The partners included Samuel S. Laird, George P. Schober and George A. Mitchell.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Advertising text on verso: A Request, [Before] purchasing Shoes Examine Ours. Prices are now reduced and goods finest manufactured.
Laird, Schober & Mitchell, 1133 Arch [Street], Philad.
|
|
Gift of David Doret. |
| Subject |
Laird, Schober & Mitchell. |
|
African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Boys -- Clothing & dress. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
|
Shoe industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
African American shoe shiners |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Laird [P.2017.95.101] |
| Accession number |
P.2017.95.101 |
