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Dis Union. Union. John E. Kaughran & Co., 763 Broadway, Bet. 8th and 9th Streets [graphic].
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Contributor
Phoenix Card Co., printer.
Title
Dis Union. Union. John E. Kaughran & Co., 763 Broadway, Bet. 8th and 9th Streets [graphic].
Publisher
New York : Phoenix Card Co
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 7 x 11 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Description
Racist, satiric trade card promoting John E. Kaughran & Co.’s dry goods store. Depicts in two panels an African American man knocking down two African American children eating a candy stick by opening the cellar doors they were sitting on. In the left panel, an African American man has come up from inside the cellar and stands holding both doors open in his hands. He is attired in a white shirt, a striped vest, striped pants, and a cap, and holds a pipe in his mouth. The African American boy has been thrown off of the door and lies in the right on the ground with the candy stick in his mouth. The African American girl has also been flung from the top of the door and lies on the ground beside the cellar with only her feet and left hand visible, as the caption reads, “dis union.” In the right panel, shows the two barefooted children sitting on top of slanted cellar doors. In the right, the boy, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants, holds a striped candy stick in his mouth. In the left, the girl, attired in a bonnet and a dress, shares the same candy stick and sucks the opposite end in her mouth above the caption, “union.” John E. Kaughran (1849-1899) founded his dry goods business in 1877 in New York City and opened a store on Broadway. He retired in 1886.
Notes
Title from item.
Date deduced from history of the advertised business.
Text printed on recto: (Over.)
Advertising text printed on verso: John E. Kaughran & Co., 763 Broadway, Bet. 8th and 9th Sts., will remove on or about May 1st to 767 and 769 Broadway, Cor. 9th Street. Immense Bargains in all our Departments, Call early in the day and avoid the great rush in the Afternoon.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
John E. Kaughran & Co.
African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American girls -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Basements.
Candy.
Doors & doorways.
Dry goods stores -- New York (State) -- New York.
Eating & drinking.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Printer
Phoenix Card Co., printer.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - John [P.2017.95.93]
Accession number
P.2017.95.93
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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