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Boy's department. Commonwealth Clothing House, 680 & 684 Washington St., (cor. Beach) Geo. W. Warren, Manager [graphic].
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Contributor
Warren, George W., associated name.
Title
Boy's department. Commonwealth Clothing House, 680 & 684 Washington St., (cor. Beach) Geo. W. Warren, Manager [graphic].
Publisher
[Boston] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
MASS. Boston. 1890
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
1 print : color lithograph printed with blue tint stone ; sheet 11 x 8 cm (4.5 x 3 in.)
Description
Trade card promoting Commonwealth Clothing House and whimsically depicting an African American girl acrobat. Shows the girl standing on a bubble, looking down, and holding a straw in her hands with large bubbles at either end. She is barefoot and attired in ankle bracelets; a striped dress with shoulder cut-outs; hoop earrings; and a bow atop her head. Another bubble floats near her legs. Charles V. Whitten, Horatio S. Burdett, and Amos S. Young founded the Boston men's and boys' clothing manufactory Whitten, Burdett & Young in 1862. The firm opened the retail store, Commonwealth Clothing House, in December 1888. Store manager George W. Warren left the business in 1895.
Notes
Title from item.
Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business.
Date deduced from history of advertised business.
Text printed on recto: $9.
Series number on recto: 309.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
Whitten, Burdett & Young.
Commonwealth Clothing House.
Acrobats.
African American girls -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Bubbles.
Clothing stores -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Associated name
Warren, George W., associated name.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Commonwealth [P.2017.95.35]
Accession number
P.2017.95.35
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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