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Compliments of Malven, Gordon & Co., Port Jervis, N.Y. 1891. [graphic].
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Contributor
Malven, Gordon & Co., distributor.
Title
Compliments of Malven, Gordon & Co., Port Jervis, N.Y. 1891. [graphic].
Publisher
[Hartford, Conn.] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
CONN. Hartford. 1891
Date
[1891]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 10 x 7 cm (4 x 3 in.)
Description
Racist trade card promoting the William Rogers Manufacturing Company’s silver plated ware and depicting a caricature of an African American man combing his hair and looking into a mirror. Shows the man attired in a white-collared shirt with pink stripes, a yellow bowtie, a blue jacket with tails, a yellow and pink flower boutonniere, a yellow waistcoat, white pants with pink stripes, and black shoes. He bends forward at the waist and smiles as he looks into a mirror to comb his hair. He holds the comb with his right hand and holds a brush in his left hand. The mirror is on a small table that is covered with a white tablecloth. An upside down, black top hat sits on the table. William Rogers founded the William Rogers Manufacturing Company in 1865 in Hartford, Connecticut. The firm became part of the International Silver Company in 1898.
Notes
Title from item.
Place of publication deduced from place of operation of the advertised business.
Date inferred from title.
Advertising text printed on verso: Buy the celebrated Rogers brand of Silver Plated Ware. Best in the World. Manufactured by the Wm. Rogers MFG. Co., Hartford, Conn.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
William Rogers Manufacturing Co.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Clothing & dress.
Grooming.
Hairdressing.
Mirrors.
Racism in popular culture.
Silverware industry -- Connecticut -- Hartford.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1890-1900.
Trade cards. -- 1890-1900.
Associated name
Malven, Gordon & Co., distributor.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Wm. Rogers [P.2017.95.191]
Accession number
P.2017.95.191
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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