Details
Contributor Hoyt, R., printer.
Title [African American delivery man with a bag of coffee] [graphic].
Publisher [United States] : R. Hoyt
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1882
Date 1882
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 10 x 7 cm (4 x 3 in.)
Description Racist trade card depicting a genre scene showing an African American delivery man making a delivery to a residence. Shows the man standing on the front steps of a townhouse, looking at the door, and smoking a cigarette. He carries a basket full of packages over his left arm and holds in his right hand, a package of coffee, which is torn. Beans spill out of the package. The man is attired in a black bowler hat, a white collared shirt, a brown jacket, blue pants, a white apron, and black shoes. Image also includes an iron gate in the right.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Publication information from copyright statement: Copyright R. Hoyt 1882.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Coffee.
Delivering.
Groceries.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Associated name Hoyt, R., printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 17 [P.2017.95.228]
Accession number P.2017.95.228