| Contributor |
Avil Printing Co., printer. |
| Title |
Day's soap does it. [graphic] : Washee, washee, see him rub on his washboard in the tub; see him wash and smile with glee
for he's from hard labor free; with Day's soap his work is done when his rivals just begun. / Avil & Co. lith.
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| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Day & Frick |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1887 |
| Date |
[1887] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 14 x 11 cm (5.5 x 4 in.) |
| Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date from copyright statement: Copyrighted 1887 by Day & Frick. |
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Racist metamorphic trade card showing a caricaturized Chinese man laundry worker washing a sheet on a wash board in a washtub.
Includes a tab that when pulled lifts the washer's arms up and down to reveal the text "Day Soap" on the wash board. The man
wears his hair in a queue and is attired in a long-sleeved, blue collared shirt with buttons down the front, blue pants, and
slip-on, cloth shoes. He smiles and looks to the right. The tub rests on a table beside a bar of soap, labeled “Day’s Soap.”
On the ground behind the table is a basket of laundry. Sheets hang on a drying line. In the background, the wall has Chinese-stylized
decorations including a gold wallpaper depicting birds and fish and a purple and gold wall hanging that reads, “Day’s Soap.”
Peter Day founded the Day & Frick soap manufactory firm in 1886. He retired as president of the firm in 1917.
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Purchased with funds from the Walter J. Miller Trust for the Visual Culture Program. |
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RVCDC |
| Biographical / historical note |
John D. Avil founded the Avil Printing Company (also known as John D. Avil & Co.) in West Philadelphia and managed it from
the early 1860s until his death in 1918.
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| Subject |
Day & Frick. |
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Chinese. |
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Chinese -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Chinoiserie (Art) |
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Cleaning establishments -- United States. |
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Laundries -- United States. |
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Laundries (Rooms & spaces) -- United States. |
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Laundry -- United States. |
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Laundry workers -- United States. |
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Men -- Chinese. |
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Pidgin English. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Soap. |
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Wash tubs. |
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Queue (Hairstyle) |
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AAPI. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890. |
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Trade cards -- 1880-1890. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Day's [P.2012.62.8] |
| Accession number |
P.2012.62.8 |
