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Dr. W. W. Wogan [graphic].
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Title
Dr. W. W. Wogan [graphic].
Publisher
[York, Pa.] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
PA. York. 1890
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 5 cm (3 x 2 in.)
Description
Racist trade card promoting dentist Dr. William W. Wogan and depicting a caricature an African American woman dancing. Shows the woman portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in floral headband, red hoop earrings, green gloves, a pink dress with a white collar and white lace petticoat, and white shoes. She holds her skirt up with her left hand and sticks her left foot forward in a dance step. She tilts her face to the left and curves her right arm up. William W. Wogan (1864-1934) was a dentist in York, Pa.
Notes
Title from item.
Place of publication deduced from place of operation of the advertised business.
Date deduced from the history of the advertised business.
Advertising text printed on verso: Go to Dr. Wogan, to have your teeth extracted. Full sets of teeth from $5.00 to $10.00. All kinds of work done as cheap as elsewhere and satisfaction guaranteed. 12 W. Market Street, York, PA.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
Wogan, William W., 1864-1934.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Dance.
Dentists -- Pennsylvania -- York.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Wogan [P.2017.95.193]
Accession number
P.2017.95.193
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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