Details
Title The Union Pacific Tea Co. [graphic].
Publisher [New York] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph; sheet 12 x 8 cm (5 x 3 in.)
Description Racist trade card illustration depicting an interior scene with two African American women, a toddler, and a cat. One woman, who is thin and gaunt, stands and is attired in a long dark colored robe, a shawl, a head scarf, and shoes. The other woman, who is larger, is seated in a rocking chair and attired in a long sleeved dress, an apron with a star pattern, a headwrap, and shoes. The toddler is seated on the floor in the background. A broken chair and framed picture of a person kneeling are visible in the background of the image. A cat is seated on the floor in the foreground. All of the African Americans in the illustration are depicted with exaggerated features.
Notes Title from item.
Text printed on recto: "Aunty Fat, and Auntie Lean."
List of firm's branches printed on verso.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American children -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Lithographs. -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards. -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Union [P.2017.95.178]
Accession number P.2017.95.178