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[Correos. America del Sur] [graphic].
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Title
[Correos. America del Sur] [graphic].
Publisher
[Paris]
Publisher
FRANCE. Paris. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 11 cm (3.25 x 4.5 in.)
Description
Trade card specimen promoting South American postal services and containing a montage of images representing South American culture. Includes a genre scene depicting a Black boy attired earrings, a wide-brimmed hat, a white, blousy, long-sleeved shirt with open collar, red sash belt, and blue-striped pants and holding sheets of mail with stamps (left); a map of the countries of South America (upper right); and a vignette of laborers harvesting sugar cane (lower right). Also includes, on the lower edge, pictorial details of the coats of arms of Peru and of Chile.
Notes
Tiitle and place of publication from variant of print within collection. See P.2017.95.200.
Date inferred from genre of print.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
Boys -- South America.
Black people -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Coats of arms.
Correspondence.
Geographic subject
South America -- Economic conditions.
South America -- Maps.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Correos [P.2017.95.201]
Accession number
P.2017.95.201
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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