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The light-running New Home sewing machine, D.S. Ewing, general agent, 1127 Chestnut St. Phila, PA. [graphic].
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https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A68626
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Title
The light-running New Home sewing machine, D.S. Ewing, general agent, 1127 Chestnut St. Phila, PA. [graphic].
Publisher
[Boston] : Bufford
Publisher
M.A. Boston. 1885
Date
[ca. 1885]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 13 cm (3 x 5 in.)
Description
Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American family riding a donkey and leaving their small cabin, which is likely located on or near a plantation. The family consists of a father, son, mother, and baby. Surrounding the family are two small dogs, two children waving goodbye on a wooden fence, a child who tugs the donkey's tail, a woman bidding the group farewell with her arms outstrethced, and a man who sits on the steps of the cabin in the background. A second cabin is visible in the background of the image behind the wooden fence. The father is attired in a yellow coat, a white and black top hat, and shoes. The son is attired in a white dotted shirt, a hat, plaid yellow pants, and shoes. The mother is attired in a yellow shirt, a white bonnet, a blue dotted shirt and shoes. She holds the baby in a wrapped blanket and gestures toward the onlookers behind her. A sign shaped like an arm with a hand pointing its index finger is situated beside the wood fence and reads "New home." In the upper right corner is a circular image of a New Home sewing machine. Daniel S. Ewing was a Philadelphia merchant who sold sewing machines at his eponymous store. The store was located in Philadelphia on Chestnut Street.
Notes
Title from item.
Text on recto: We's gwine to get a new home we is!
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
Ewing, Daniel S., 1838-1915.
African American families -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American laborers.
African American mothers.
Internal migration.
Racism in popular culture.
Sewing machine industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Chromolithographs. -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards. -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - New Home [P.2017.95.140]
Accession number
P.2017.95.140
In Collections
Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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