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People's boot and shoe store, 104 Clark Street, corner Washington Street. [graphic]: The return from Europe.
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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.
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
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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