Details
Contributor Bonte, artist.
Title I'm yo' valentine chile! [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : Bonte
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 17 x 10 cm (6.5 x 4 in.)
Description Die cut Valentine card depicting a racist caricature of an African American woman carrying a basket of eggs. Shows the barefooted African American woman portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a blue bonnet with white polka dots, a blue plaid shirt, a white apron, and a blue and white striped skirt. She smiles at the viewer and speaks in the vernacular, “I’m yo Valentine chile,” as she holds a basket full of eggs in both of her hands.
Notes Title from item.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Subject African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Baskets.
Eggs.
Racism in popular culture.
Smiling.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Valentines -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - I'm yo' [P.2017.95.247]
Accession number P.2017.95.247