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Elkhart paper pail [graphic].
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Title
Elkhart paper pail [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
United States. 1890
Date
[1890]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 9 x 6 cm (3.5 x 2 in.)
Description
Trade card promoting the Elkhart Paper Pail Company and depicting a racist caricature of an African American man minstrel. The man is attired in a uniform-like costume of a black top hat with a gold band; a blue jacket with gold buttons and epaulettes and a black belt; white pants; white gloves; and black knee-length boots. He pulls on a red cord for a curtain with his right hand. He carries a pail labeled "Elkhart Paper Pail" in his left hand. The Elkhart Paper Pail Company was founded circa 1883. The factory was damaged by fire in 1886 and 1887. The company rebuilt the manufactory and continued operating into the 20th century.
Notes
Title from item.
Date deduced from history of advertised business.
Advertising text printed on verso: "Elkhart paper pail manufactured by the Elkhart Paper Pail Co. Elkhart Ind., U.S.A." Includes illustration depicting a pail with picture of a deer on the front.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
Elkhart Paper Pail Company.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Minstrels.
Pails.
Paper industry -- Indiana -- Elkhart.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Elkhart [P.2017.95.55]
Accession number
P.2017.95.55
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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