| Title |
[African American boy in tree reaching for eggs in a bird’s nest] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Baltimore] : [publisher not identified] |
| Publisher |
MD. Baltimore. 1894 |
| Date |
[ca. 1894] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 11 x 7 cm (4.25 x 3 in.) |
| Description |
Racist trade card promoting Joshua Walker’s bone fertilizer and depicting a caricature of an African American boy in a tree
trying to take bird eggs from a nest. The barefooted boy is attired in a straw hat that is torn at the top and on the brim
and a white, long-sleeved shirt that covers to his thighs. The shirt has a large tear on the left shoulder exposing his chest
and arm. With his mouth open, the boy stands on a branch in a tree full of pink flowers. He holds a branch with his right
hand and reaches his left hand towards a bird’s nest with two eggs. A yellow and black birds flies away in the lower left.
Joshua Walker was a fertilizer merchant who was active circa 1880s-1900 in Baltimore, Md.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Place of publication deduced from place of operation of the advertised business. |
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Date inferred from the date supplied in the advertising text on the verso. |
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Advertising text printed on verso: Sample No. 1747. Selected at McKnightsto[?]. Office Penn’a Board of Agriculture, Harrisburg,
Pa., June 2, 1894. Analysis by Dr. Wm. Frear, Chemist, Pennsylvania State Board of Agr State College P.O., Centre Co., Penn’a.
Manufactured by Jo[sh]ua Walker, Baltimore, Md. Name of Fertilizer, -Ec[onomical] [Amm]oniated Bone. Moisture….15.10 a/c 302
[?]g, Bagging, &c.,.. Souluble Phosphoric Acid, …6.68 a/c 134 lbs per ton,…Reverted “ 2.17 a/c 43 “” …Insoluble “” 1.28 a/c
26 “”… Potash…1/14 a/c 23 “” …Nitrogen…1.45 a/c 29 “”… Comparative Commercial value per ton, …
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Gift of David Doret. |
| Subject |
Walker, Joshua. |
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African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Birds. |
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Boys. |
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Eggs. |
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Fertilizer industry -- Maryland -- Baltimore |
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Nests. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1890-1900. |
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Trade cards -- 1890-1900. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Walker [P.2017.95.186] |
| Accession number |
P.2017.95.186 |
