Title |
Lines Bros., the largest retail dealers in the state! Proprietors of ten shoe stores. Buffalo store- 95 E. Seneca St. Boots,
shoes & rubber goods. Low prices. Plain figures. [graphic].
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Publisher |
[New York?] : [publisher not identified] |
Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1880 |
Date |
[ca. 1880] |
Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph printed with red ink ; sheet 10 x 7 cm (4 x 2.5 in.) |
Description |
Racist trade card depicting a comic, genre scene between a new white father and an African American woman caregiver. Shows
the young, African American woman holding to her chest three white babies wrapped in blankets. The babies' father stands across
from her and exclaims "Did any of them get away?" In the background, the new white mother is visible laying in a bed with
a blanket up to her chin. The African American woman wears a cap adorned with a ribbon, an apron, and a long skirt. The white
man wears mutton chops and is attired in an evening coat over a suit with a bowtie.The figures are depicted with caricaturized
and exaggerated features.
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Notes |
Title from item. |
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Image caption on recto: Excited Father - "Did Any of Them Get Away." "Triplets'" |
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Advertising text on verso: Lines Bros., Largest Retail Dealers in the State Proprietors of Ten Shoe Stores! Buffalo Store,
No. 95 E. Seneca St., Boots, Shoes & Rubber Goods. Stores at Troy, Albany, Geneva, Elmira, Buffalo, Lockport, Rochester, Amsterdam,
Schenectady, and Canandaigua.
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Gift of David Doret. |
Subject |
Lines Bros. |
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African American caregivers. |
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African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Fathers. |
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Infants. |
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Men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Nannies (Children's nurses). |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Triplets. |
Genre |
Lithographs -- 1880-1890. |
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Trade cards -- 1880-1890. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Lines [P.2017.95.109] |
Accession number |
P.2017.95.109 |