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Contributor J.H. Bufford’s Sons Lith., printer.
Title Fred C. Davis, land surveyor and insurance agent, Felchville, VT., will insure against all kinds of accidents [graphic].
Publisher Boston : J.H. Bufford's Sons
Publisher MASS. Boston. 1884
Date 1884
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 11 x 8 cm (4.5 x 3 in.)
Description Trade card promoting surveyor and insurance agent Fred C. Davis and depicting a racist caricature of an African American man on a horse-drawn plow. Shows the man barely seated, leaning back, and with his legs in the air on the plow. He holds broken reins in his hands to a brown horse running away in the left. The man is depicted with exaggerated features. His mouth is open in alarm. He is attired in brown boots, blue checked pants and shirt, and a brown vest. His hat has flown off his head behind him. The roof of a house is visible in the left background. Fred C. Davis was an insurance agent in Vermont circa 1884 - circa 1921.
Notes Title from item.
Series number on recto: 468.
Text printed on recto: Over.
Text printed on verso: Insurance companies represented. Assets January 1, 1888. Phoenix, of Hartford...$4,778,469.00. Phenix, of Brooklyn... 5,054,179.51. North British & Mercantile, of London and Edinburg... 3,301,747.00. New England, of Rutland... 125,414.40. Vermont Mutual...3,530,434.82. Fitchburgh Mutual. Travelers (Life and Accident) of Hartford...9,111,589.68.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Davis, Fred C.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Farms.
Farming.
Horses.
Human-animal relationships.
Insurance agents -- Vermont -- Felchville.
Plowing.
Plows.
Surveyors -- Vermont -- Felchville.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Printer J.H. Bufford’s Sons Lith., printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Davis [P.2017.95.40]
Accession number P.2017.95.40

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