Title |
No dinner? [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[United States] : [publisher not identified] |
Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1885 |
Date |
[ca. 1885] |
Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 6 in.) |
Description |
Racist trade card illustration promoting Rising Sun Stove Polish and depicting two domestic scenes with an African American
husband and wife. The first scene shows the woman berating the man for buying an ineffective brand of stove polish and lunging
toward him with the stick of polish in her left hand. The woman is attired in a blue and white headwrap, a red and white checkered
scarf, a yellow and red patterned dress, a blue and white apron, and black shoes. The grey-haired man is attired in a blue
and white top hat, a red long sleeved shirt, blue overalls, and black shoes. In the right is a bare wooden table and in the
left is a dull black stove on top of which is a plain kettle. Visible beside the woman is a saucer and a brush. In the second
scene, the man peeks his head from behind the door to the home and the woman faces and welcomes him with open arms. The woman
is attired in a yellow and red headwrap; a blue, red, and white scarf; a red, white, and black patterned dress; a white and
blue apron; and black shoes. The man is attired in a white and blue top hat. A cat with gray and black fur slinks behidn the
woman. In the right is a wooden chair and a table with a red and white tablecloth, food, and utensils. In the left is a polished
black stove, on top of whic sits a golden steaming kettle. Rising Sun Stove Polish Company was founded in Canton, Massachusetts
by Elijah Morse in 1864.
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Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date inferred from content and genre of print. |
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Advertising text printed on recto: Look yere, old man! What kind o' stove blacking you call dat? Ise been rubbin' on dat stove
all mornin' an it don't gib it a polish worf a cent. You jest git de Rising Sun Stove Polish right away, or dar'l be trouble.
You think I got time to 'speriment with such mud? Come in, Ephraim! Ise not mad with you dis time, case yer sent me de genuine
Rising Sun Stoe Blacking; an' it shines de stove in good shape. An' here's yer dinner all ready. Somethin' agin yer? No, deed
I haven't: yer tink ise an anjul to get along without good Stove Polish?
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Advertising text printed on verso: An Acrostic. Royally the Rising Sun, In the east on fiery oar, Strong his daily course
to run, Is with welcomes hailed afar. Nature in his radiance bright, Glowingly her form arrays; Sings her songs of sweet delight,
Unisonant in his praise. Nations dwelling far and near See with joy his golden beams, Throwing back dark night, appear, Over
plains and hills and sreams. Vividly his beams suggest Every bright and cheerful thing; Perfect, of its kind the best, One,
the Polish that I sing. Lo! afar you find it famed, It the praise of all hath won; So, this Polish has been named, Happily,
The Rising Sun.
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Advertising text printed on verso on right side is partially obscured. |
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Gift of David Doret. |
Subject |
Morse Bros. (Canton, Mass.) |
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African American couples -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Polishes industry -- Massachusetts -- Canton. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Stoves. |
Genre |
Chromolithographs. -- 1880-1890. |
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Trade cards. -- 1880-1890. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Morse [P.2017.95.134] |
Accession number |
P.2017.95.134 |