| 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 |
