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If you want to be stylishly shod and comfortably fitted, bring your feet to Lee Reinberg, shoe man, 7 and 11 S. George St., York, PA. [graphic].
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Contributor
Yoe Printing Co., printer.
Title
If you want to be stylishly shod and comfortably fitted, bring your feet to Lee Reinberg, shoe man, 7 and 11 S. George St., York, PA. [graphic].
Publisher
[New York] : C.R. Gibson & Co
Date
1901
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 15 x 9 cm (6 x 3.5 in.)
Description
Racist trade card illustration depicting a smiling African American boy sitting on top of a crate, eating a piece of watermelon, and holding a larger piece of watermelon in his lap. The boy is attired in a white and blue shirt, brown pants, brown suspenders, and a cap. The image of the boy is surrounded by a gilded golden frame.
Notes
Title from item.
Printer's imprint printed on verso: Yoe Printing Co., Yoe, PA.
Text printed on recto: The real thing.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Subject
Reineberg, Lee, 1858-1916.
African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Racism in popular culture.
Watermelons.
Genre
Chromolithographs. -- 1900-1910.
Trade cards. -- 1900-1910.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Reinberg [P.2017.95.147]
Accession number
P.2017.95.147
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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