Details
Title W. M. Lyon, jeweler, Chester Depot, V.T. [graphic].
Publisher [United States] [publisher not identified]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 10 x 7 cm (4 x 3 in.)
Description Racist trade card depicting a comic scene showing an African American barber shaving a pig in a barber shop. The barber, in the left,is depicted holding a razor in his right hand and the pig's snout in his left. The man is attired in a white shirt with turned up collar, a black bowtie, a green and white checkered apron, and blue pants. The pig, seated chest out, leans back in the barber's chair. The animal wears a barber's cape. On a table next to the barber is a shaving mug filled with shaving foam and holding a shaving brush. The man is depicted with exaggerated features. W.M. Lyon worked as a jeweler in Chester Depot, Vermont beginning in 1877.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from years of operation of business advertised.
Subject Lyon, W.M. (Wesley M.) approximately 1820-
African American barbers.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Animals in human situations.
Barbershops.
Jewelers -- Vermont -- Chester Depot.
Pigs.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Lyon [P.2017.95.111]
Accession number P.2017.95.111