Details
Title Compliments of Villa Park Improvement Co. [graphic].
Publisher [United States]: [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph; sheet 8 x 13 cm (3 x 5 in.)
Description Racist trade card illustration depicting two African American girls and one boy standing near a fence and fending off two wild turkeys. The boy stands behind the two girls and is attired in a cap, a long brown coat, tan gloves, and black shoes. The older girl is attired in a red hat with a dark-colored ribbon, a yellow jacket, red gloves, red stockings, and black boots. She wields a stick in her right hand and holds the younger girl with her left. The younger girl is attired in a blue and white cap and a blue jacket. All of the children are depicted with exaggerated features. The Villa Park Improvement Company was based in New Jersey and James Moses, a Trenton businessman, was the organization's president during the 1890s.
Notes Title from item.
Advertising text on recto: Compliments of Villa Park Improvement Co. Be sure to read the circular. It is interesting. Especially about the free life insurance and free car far. An ideal location for a home. Great value as an investment. No interest, no taxes, two trolley lines. Public school on the plot. Main office, 39 Muirhead Street. Branch office, Corner Hamilton and Quintin Avenues.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Villa Park Improvement Co.
African American children -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Clothing & dress.
Racism in popular culture.
Real estate development -- New Jersey -- Trenton.
Turkeys.
Genre Chromolithographs. -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards. -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Villa [P.2017.95.183x]
Accession number P.2017.95.183x