| Title |
Vickery's Aunt Sally baking powder [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified] |
| Publisher |
P.A. Philadelphia. 1890 |
| Date |
[ca. 1890] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 16 x 11 cm (6 x 4.5 in.) |
| Description |
Trade card illustration depicting a snowy scene. Two white boy, a woman, and a dog stand by a sled. They are under a large
barren tree and near the steps of a house. Visible in the background are trees, a body of water and mountains. On the verso,
there is a racist illustration of an African American woman holding a tray of biscuits. A speech bubble near her head reads,
"Dar's no use talking, Missus' Vickery's Aunt Sally am de best fur biscuits and cakes." Vickery & Co. manufactured Aunt Sally's
Baking Soda and was likely founded in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1875. The company's founder, George H. Vickery later moved
to Philadelphia after a fire destroyed his business.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Partially visible advertising text printed on verso: Presented with each box. Vickery's Aunt Sally baking poser, trade mark
patented. The secret told. [...] put a laundry gloss on your shirts [...] Buy a bottle of Aunt Sally Harsh Gloss and see how
it is done. You [...] with it, it puts that shiny gloss.
|
|
Gift of David Doret. |
| Subject |
Vickery & Co. |
|
African American household employees. |
|
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Food industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
|
Sleds & sleighs. |
|
Winter. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890. |
|
Trade cards -- 1880-1890. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Vikery [P.2017.95.183] |
| Accession number |
P.2017.95.183 |
