| Title |
People's boot and shoe store, 104 Clark Street, corner Washington Street. [graphic]: The return from Europe. |
| Publisher |
[Chicago] : Miller, Wagner & Umbdenstock |
| Publisher |
ILL. Chicago. 1880 |
| Date |
[ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 7 x 11 cm (3 x 4.5 in.) |
| Description |
Racist trade card illustration depicting a group of well-dressed African American men and women strutting past other African
American men, women, and children. The two well-dressed men are attired in striped pants, suit jackets, collared shirts, bow
ties, and top hats. They both carry canes. The two well-dressed women are attired in frilled patterned long sleeved dresses
and caps. One woman carries a parasol in her gloved hand. The other carries a handkerchief. The onlookers are dressed in plain
clothing. A dog, a tree, a small wooden house, and a fence are visible in the image. The figures are depicted with exaggerated
features. The illustration is based on one of a series of racist cartoons drawn by Sol Eytinge and printed in Harper's Weekly
in 1878 which depicts the courtship and marriage of families by "The Twins." C.E. Wiswall & Co. was a boot and shoe company
based in Chicago. The company's original building burned down durin gthe Chicago Fire of 1871.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Advertsising text printed on verso: Try us for your next pair of boots and shoes. We will give you a good article at a low
price. C.E. Wiswall & Co., Proprietors.
|
|
Based on "No. 8 Return from the honeymoon tour," photo - 5 x 7 - Unid. - Events [P.2017.26.7] |
|
Gift of David Doret. |
| Subject |
C.E. Wiswall & Co. |
|
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
African American women -- Clothing & dress. |
|
Dandies. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
|
Shoe industry -- Illinois -- Chicago. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs. -- 1870-1880. |
|
Trade cards. -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - People [P.2017.95.144] |
| Accession number |
P.2017.95.144 |
