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Buy the Universal plow. Made at Canton, Ohio. [graphic].
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Contributor
Newcomer, A.F., distributor.
Title
Buy the Universal plow. Made at Canton, Ohio. [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 11 cm (2.5 x 4.25 in.)
Description
Racist trade card illustration depicting two African American men operating a plow and struggling to control two agitated donkeys. One man is seated in the plow and holds reins in his left hand and a lever in his right. He is attired in a tan-colored hat and vest, a blue long-sleeved shirt, and blue and black striped pants. The other man stands in front of the donkeys and holds reins in both hands. He is attired in a white long-sleeved shirt and blue and black checkered pants. One of the donkeys kicks its hind legs up in the air and the other digs its hind legs into the ground. A person on a plow, trees, and a small house are visible in the field behind the scene. Universal Plow Company opreated throughout the 1880s and 1890s. The business was originally based in Canton, Ohio and eventually moved to Wooster, Ohio.
Notes
Title from item.
Series no. 468 printed in bottom right corner on recto.
Distributor's imprint printed on verso: A.F. Newcomer, General Eastern and Southern Agent, Harrisburg, PA.
Advertising text printed on verso: The Universal Plows, front and rear adjusting. The lightest, strongest and most perfect working plow made. The only practical rear-adjusting plow in the world. No wrench, no trouble, no lost time. All interchangeable in steel or chilled iron complete with all improved attachments. See catalogue.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American agricultural laborers.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons
Equipment industry -- Ohio -- Canton.
Plows.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Printer
Newcomer, A.F., distributor.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Universal [P.2017.95.179]
Accession number
P.2017.95.179
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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