Contributor |
Adams, George S., distributor. |
Title |
Try Lavine for washing [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Hartford, Conn.] : [publisher not identified] |
Publisher |
CONN. Hartford. 1880 |
Date |
[ca. 1880] |
Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 11 cm (2.5 x 4.25 in.) |
Description |
Racist trade card promoting Hartford Chemical Works, manufacturers of Lavine Soap, and depicting a scene showing African men
in a three-way race. In the center, a man with a white beard, attired in a red-striped turban and robe, smokes a pipe while
riding an elephant in full stride and strapped with two large boxes labeled, "Lavine Soap Washing Hartford." To the right
front of the elephant, another man, bare chested and attired in a red loincloth, runs slightly ahead of the animal. In the
distant right of the image, a third man attired in a red turban, cloak, and yellow shorts races on horseback near a temple.
Palm trees are also visible in the background. In the lower right are two, stacked boxes labeled, "Lavine, Hartford Chemical
Works 30 Union Place. Try Lavine for Washing." Hartford Chemical Works, located in Hartford, Connecticut, was established
in 1879 by Albert B. Gillett. Gillett patented Lavine Soap in 1882. The company operated until at least 1889.
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Notes |
Title from item. |
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Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business. |
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Advertising text printed on verso: Lavine for washing. The best and cheapest article ever offered to the housekeeper. Ask
your grocer for it and take no other. It has taken the highest awards at the American Institute Fairs, in October, 1880 and
1881 as well as the first premium at every state and county fair where exhibited. Do not pay 15 cents a pound for a washing
compound, when you can buy a better one for 13 cents. Make sure that your grocer gives you Lavine. It makes the hardest water
soft and will not injure the finest clothes. It does not burn the hands nor chap them in winter. Try it for washing your marble
steps, floors, sinks milk pans or anything which may need washing.
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Distributor’s name on verso: Geo. S. Adams, Manufacturer's Agent, No. 117 North Second Street, Philadelphia. |
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Gift of David Doret. |
Subject |
Hartford Chemical Works. |
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Africans -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Chemical industry -- Connecticut -- Hartford. |
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Elephants. |
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Household soap. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890. |
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Trade cards -- 1880-1890. |
Associated name |
Adams, George S., distributor. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Adams [P.2017.95.2] |
Accession number |
P.2017.95.2 |