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[African American man with a basket of produce and carrying a dead duck] [graphic].
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Title
[African American man with a basket of produce and carrying a dead duck] [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 11 x 7 cm (4 x 3 in.)
Description
Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an older African American man, possibly a peddler, carrying a dead duck and a basket of produce. The man is balding and has tufts of white hair on the sides of his head and is attired in plaid pants, a collared shirt, a collared jacket, and a plaid scarf tied around his neck. He holds a dead duck by the legs in his left hand. Around his left shoulder, he carries a straw handled basket, which has the leaves of a vegetable sticking out of it. Behind him in the background is a shelf that has a bottle and a glass on it.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Printed in red ink.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Baskets.
Ducks.
Older people.
Peddlers.
Racism in popular culture.
Selling.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 25 [P.2017.95.236]
Accession number
P.2017.95.236
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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