Details
Contributor Eckstein & Porr, printer.
Title Use Lautz Bros. & Co's soaps, best in the market [graphic].
Publisher [New York]: Eckstein & Porr
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1885
Date [ca. 1885]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; sheet 12 x 8 cm (4.5 x 3 in.)
Description Racist trade card depicting an African American man minstrel musician to promote laundry soap. Shows the man, in profile, looking toward the viewer marching with a drum strapped to his chest, and holding midstrike padded drumsticks in both hands. The man is attired in a white top hat adorned with a black ribbon, a red and white patterned jacket with long tails, a white shirt with ruffles and the collar up, and blue pants with a yellow stripe. Lautz Bros. & Co. was originally founded in 1853 in Buffalo, New York as the Lautz Company by German immigrant Wilhelm Lautz Sr. After his death in 1866, his wife, sons, and grandsons continued to run the firm from Buffalo, New York through the early 20th century.
Notes Title from item.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Lautz Bros. & Co.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American musicians.
Drums (Musical instruments).
Minstrels.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Lautz [P.2017.95.105]
Accession number P.2017.95.105