Details
Contributor Sayles & Conover, distributor.
Miller & Umbdenstock, printer.
Title The wooing of the twins [graphic] : Universal, perfect and elegant stoves and ranges. Manufactured by Cribben, Sexton & Co., Chicago, Ill.
Publisher Chicago : Miller & Umbdenstock, lith
Publisher ILL. Chicago. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 6 x 10 cm (2.5 x 4 in.)
Description Racist trade card promoting stove manufacturer Cribben, Sexton & Co. and depicting a genre scene with African American caricatures originally created for Harper’s Weekly in 1878 by Sol Eytinge that satirized the courtship and marriage of and the start of families by "The Twins." Figures are portrayed with exaggerated features. Shows the two couples sitting in wooden chairs. The twin sisters are identically attired in yellow dresses with red polka dots and white collars. In the left one sister holds a fan as she coyly looks and smiles to the man seated to her right. He is attired in black shoes; blue and white striped pants; a white collared shirt with red tie; and a green jacket. His hands are on on his knees. In the right the other sister touches her chin with her finger as she leans towards the man seated opposite her. Her suitor is attired in black shoes; red and white striped pants; a white shirt; and a black jacket with tails. In the center behind the couples is a mantel with cups, plates, and bowls placed on top. Inside the mantel is a stove with a kettle on it. In the right background, the parents of the twins are sitting in chairs. The father, attired in a blue jacket and beige pants, reads a newspaper. The mother is attired in a red dress. Henry Cribben and James A. Sexton founded the stove manufactory Cribben, Sexton & Co. in Chicago in 1873. The Company closed in 1965.
Notes Title from item.
Date deduced from history of the advertised business.
Distributor's imprint printed on verso: Sayles & Conover, Dealers in stoves and hardware, A full line of universal, Perfect and elegant stoves and ranges always on hand. Valparaiso, Indiana.
Gift of David Doret.
Forms part of a series [P.2017.95.37 & P.2017.95.38].
Subject Cribben, Sexton & Co.
African American couples -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American parents -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Courtship -- 1870-1880.
Fans (Accessories).
Racism in popular culture.
Smiling.
Stove industry -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Stoves.
Twins.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Sayles & Conover, distributor.
Printer Miller & Umbdenstock, printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Cribben, Sexton & Co. [P.2017.95.36]
Accession number P.2017.95.36