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J.C. Hand & Co. Fine furniture, no. 1205 Market Street, Philadelphia. [graphic].
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Title
J.C. Hand & Co. Fine furniture, no. 1205 Market Street, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
N.Y. New York. 1883
Date
[ca. 1883]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 13 cm (3.25 x 5 in.)
Description
Racist trade card promoting the J.C. Hand & Co. and depicting a caricature of an older African American man reading a notice on a country grocery store. Shows the man with a white beard and attired in a yellow brimmed hat, a long-sleeved red shirt, red and yellow pants with patches and held up by suspenders, and black shoes. He bends forward to read the sign on the boarded up, dilapidated store. It states in the vernacular that the Johnsing & Skinner Grocery is out of business and that, “Dem as owes de firm, will settle wid me--dey de firm owes will settle wid Skinner. G.W. Johnsing." The African American man is labeled as a creditor who says in the vernacular, “I’ll hab a hundred and fifty cents on de dollar, or I’ll lick de hul firm.” In the right, the man’s donkey is tied to an orange post behind him. In the background, fenced in fields and trees are visible. J. C. Hand & Co. operated circa 1882-circa 1884 and the failure of the business.
Notes
Title from item.
Place of publication deduced from place of operation of the advertised business.
Date deduced from the dates of operation of the advertised business.
Text printed on recto: Johnsing & Skinner Grocery. Notis—De firm of Johnsing & Skinner am resolved. Dem as owes de firm, will settle wid me—dey de firm owes will settle wid Skinner. G.W. Johnsing. Creditor of Johnsing & Skinner—“I’ll hab a hundred and fifty cents on de dollar, or I’ll lick de hul firm.”
Text and illustrations printed on verso. Illustrations depict a closed sofa bed that looks like a chair with the caption "closed," and the open sofa bed resembling a cot, captioned, "open." Text reads: J.C. Hand & Co. 1205 Market Street. Manufacturers of Patent Sofa Beds. These beds can be made up as low as $25. In Raw Silk. We have a large stock of well made Furniture at moderate Low Prices. Size of Bed, 4ft. 6x6 ft. 2. Can be made any length or width. Estimates Given. J. C. Hand & Co., 1205 Market Street.
Gift of Dr. Milton and Joan Wohl.
RVCDC
Subject
J.C. Hand & Co.
Furniture stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Donkeys.
Grocery stores.
Older people.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade cards - Hand [P.2011.64.34]
Accession number
P.2011.64.34
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African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
Trade Card Collection
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