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[African American boy shoe shine being kicked by a white boy clown] [graphic].
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Contributor
E. Ketterlinus & Co., printer.
Title
[African American boy shoe shine being kicked by a white boy clown] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Ketterlinus
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 11 cm (3 x 4.5 in.)
Description
Racist, trade card specimen depicting a white boy clown kicking an African American shoe shine boy from behind. In the right, the white boy, attired white clown costume with a white cap decorated with a blue ball, a white shirt with ruffles at the neck and waist, white pants with a ruffle at the cuffs, white stockings, and blue shoes, carries a jump rope in both hands. He smiles at the viewer and kicks his left foot propelling the shoe shiner into the air. The shoe shiner is attired in a blue jacket with tails, white pants, black stockings, and brown shoes. His top hat, shoe shining stool, and open can of shoe polish fly away from him.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Boys.
Clowns.
Racism in popular culture.
Rope skipping.
Shoe shiners.
African American shoe shiners.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1890.
Printer
E. Ketterlinus & Co., printer.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 27 [P.2017.95.238]
Accession number
P.2017.95.238
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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