| Contributor |
Eckstein & Porr, printer. |
| Title |
Compliments of McGeoch & Pierce. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : Eckstein & Porr Lith |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1885 |
| Date |
[ca. 1885] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 12 x 8 cm (5 x 3 in.) |
| Description |
Racist trade card depicting African American man minstrel musician to promote laundry soap. Shows the man, in profile, smiling,
holding a large tambourine in his right hand, and raising his left leg in the air in a skipping motion. The man is attired
in a blue jacket with long tails, a white shirt with ruffles and the collar up, and orange and white striped pants. McGeoch
& Pierce was a clothing firm partly owned by M.L. Pierce in Greenwich, New York. Pierce joined the firm in 1881.
|
| Notes |
Title from stamp on item. |
|
Date inferred from operation dates of advertised business as referenced in biographical entry for M.L. Pierce in "Biographical
and Historical Memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton Counties, Nebraska, Comprising a Condensed History of the State"
(Chicago, 1890), p. 784.
|
|
Advertising text on verso: Temple of Fashion, 83 Main St., Greenwich, N.Y. McGeoch & Pierce, Carry The Best Selected Stock
of Clothing in Washington County. Mens' and Boy's Suits & Overcoats In all the New and desirable goods and styles. Fine Goods
and Perfect Fit A Specialty. For your next suit call on McGeoch & Pierce, The Leaders in Low Prices.
|
|
Gift of David Doret. |
| Subject |
McGeoch & Pierce. |
|
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
African American musicians. |
|
Minstrels. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
|
Tambourines. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890. |
|
Trade cards -- 1880-1890. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - McGeoch [P.2017.95.116] |
| Accession number |
P.2017.95.116 |
