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Celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs & shirt bosoms. [graphic].
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Contributor
Donaldson Brothers (Firm), printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
Celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs & shirt bosoms. [graphic].
Publisher
Five Points, N.Y. : Donaldson Brothers
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (3.25 x 4.5 in.)
Description
Trade card advertising J.H. Richelderfer’s celluloid collars and cuffs and depicting a racist caricature of a Chinese boy smoking a pipe and carrying a cane. Shows the boy, wearing a queue hairstyle with a pink bow tied at the end of his braid and attired in a colorfully patterned Chinese robe with oversized celluloid cuffs, collar, and hat, and red, slip-on, cloth shoes. He holds the smoking pipe to his lips with his left hand and carries a walking cane in his right hand.
Notes
Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Stamped on recto: J.H. Richelderfer, Gent’s furnishing and over-gaiters, 1032 Chestnut St., S.E. Cor. of 11th.
Text printed on verso: Celluloid (Waterproof linen.) Collard, cuffs and shirt bosoms. The following will commend the use of these goods to all who study convenience, neatness and economy. The interior is fine linen. The exterior is Celluloid – the union of which combines the strength of Linen with the Waterproof qualities of Celluloid. The Trouble and expense of washing is saved. When soiled simply rub with soap and water (hot or cold) used freely with a stiff brush. They are perspiration proof and are invaluable to travelers, saving all care of laundrying. Advice. In wearing the turn-down Collar, always slip the Necktie under the roll. Do not attempt to straighten the fold. The goods will give better satisfaction if the Separable Sleeve Button and Collar Button is used. Twist a small rubber elastic or chamois washer around the post of Sleeve Button to prevent possible rattling of Button, To remove Yellow Stains, which may come from long wearing, use Sapolio, Soap or Saleratus water or Celluline, which latter is a new preparation for cleansing Celluloid. Goods for sale by all dealers.
RVCDC
Subject
Richelderfer, Josiah H.
Boys -- Chinese.
Boys -- Clothing & dress.
Chinese.
Chinese -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Collars.
Cuffs (Clothing)
Hats.
Neckwear industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pipes (Smoking)
Racism in popular culture.
Smoking.
Queue (Hairstyle)
AAPI.
Genre
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Richelderfer [1975.F.741]
Accession number
1975.F.741
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Asian American and Pacific Islander History Collection
Trade Card Collection
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Fashioning Philadelphia: The Style of the City, 1720-1940
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1866-1900
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