| Contributor |
Rust Craft Publishers, printer. |
| Title |
Strike me pink if it ain't yo' anniversary! [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Boston] : Rust Craft |
| Publisher |
MASS. Boston. 1913 |
| Date |
[after 1913] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph; sheet 12 x 11 cm (4.5 x 4.5 in.) |
| Description |
Racist, greeting card depicting a caricature portrayed with exaggerated features of an African American child's face. The
oversized child's face looks directly at the viewer and purse's their lips. The interior image has a depiction of the same
child with pink skin color. The child speaks in the vernacular to "strike me pink if it ain't yo' anniversary." The card is
printed on pink paper.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date inferred from history of the publisher. |
|
Manuscript written on recto: Louis & Ellis- from Wendy & Shie. The "me" in "strike me pink" is crossed out and "us" in written
in manuscript.
|
|
Text printed on interior: Ah hopes yo' has a million mo' each one bettah dan de one befo'! |
|
Manuscript written on interior: drawings of four stick figures, each with an illegible name. "An hopes yo'" has been crossed
out and "We" and "yos" is written in manuscript.
|
|
Gift of David Doret. |
| Subject |
African American children -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Anniversaries. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1910-1920. |
|
Greeting cards -- 1910-1920. |
| Printer |
Rust Craft Publishers, printer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Strike [P.2017.95.251] |
| Accession number |
P.2017.95.251 |
