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A tip on St. Valentine's day. Lady, I'se a good waiter, but I cain't wait foh'ever! [graphic].
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Contributor
A.M.D. Company, printer.
Title
A tip on St. Valentine's day. Lady, I'se a good waiter, but I cain't wait foh'ever! [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : Copr. A.M. D. Co
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1890
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 11 x 9 cm (4.5 x 3.5 in.)
Description
Racist, Valentine card depicting a caricature of an African American man waiter. Shows the man, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a black jacket with a white lapel, a white apron, black pants, yellow socks, and black shoes, looking to the right. He has a white towel draped over his right wrist, and he holds his index finger up on his left hand. He stands in front of a red heart and speaks in the vernacular that, “I’se a good waiter, but I cain’t wait foh’ever.”
Notes
Title from item.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Manuscript note on recto: Guess.
Manuscript note on verso: G.G.
Series number printed on recto: 5V12.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Racism in popular culture.
Waiters.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Valentines -- 1880-1890.
Printer
A.M.D. Company, printer.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Tip [P.2017.95.252]
Accession number
P.2017.95.252
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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