Details
Title Use Queen Anne Soap [graphic]: I'se a waiting.
Publisher [Michigan] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher MI. Detroit. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 12 x 8 cm (4.5 x 3 in.)
Description Racist trade card illustration depicting a full length portrait of an African American woman walking a small brown dog. The woman is attired in an elaborate orange, yellow, and green feathered bonnet, a blue and red dotted and frilled dress with white and blue details, a pendant, white and yellow fingerless gloves, red stockings, and black heeled shoes. She holds the dog's leash and a red and blue fan in her left hand and a blue parasol in her right hand. Visible behind her is a large yellow ribbon which is attached to the back of her dress. The woman leans forward while jutting out her backside and stands with her right foot in front of her left. The woman is portrayed with exaggerated features. Queen Anne Soap was owned by the Detroit Soap Company, which in 1915 was acquired by the Buffalo-based Lautz Bros. & Co.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from dates of operation of advertised business.
Advertising text on recto: Purest and best in the world.
Series number on recto: 58.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Queen Anne Soap.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Clothing & dress.
Chemical industry -- Michigan -- Detroit.
Dogs.
Dog walking.
Household soap.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Queen [P.2017.95.145]
Accession number P.2017.95.145