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Title Nath'l Fisher & Co. school shoe. New York. [graphic].
Publisher [New York] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1885
Date [ca. 1885]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 9 x 8 cm (3.5 x 3 in.)
Description Racist trade card illustration depicting a smiling African American boy cook. He is shown draping a white fringed cloth with advertising text printed in red over a wall with both hands whileholding a metal spoon in his right hand. Visible behind him are trees, shrubbery, and blue and pink flowers. He is attired in a dotted yellow and white chef's hat, a red and white striped collared shirt, a red neck tie, and a blue apron. The boy is depicted with exaggerated features. Nathaniel Fisher & Co. was a wholesale shoe dealer located on Duane Street in New York. The company was formed in the 1860s and was inherited by Nathaniel Fisher's children, Irving Requa Fisher and Nathaniel Campbell Fisher.
Notes Title from item.
Advertising text on recto: Ask for the Red Label Brand. It is guaranteed to wear.
Advertising text on verso: Our own make. "The Red Label" school shoes and "State" boots & shoes. Superior in every respect & warranted. Nath'l Fisher & Co. New York.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Fisher, Nathaniel, 1818-1880.
African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American cooks.
Shoe industry -- New York -- New York.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Nath'l [P.2017.95.139]
Accession number P.2017.95.139

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