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[Two African American women domestics baking bread] [graphic].
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Title
[Two African American women domestics baking bread] [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 7 x 11 cm (3 x 4.25 in.)
Description
Racist, trade card specimen depicting caricatures of two African American women domestics portrayed with exaggerated features baking bread. In the left, shows an African American woman, attired in a striped head kerchief, hoop earrings, a white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, and a brown skirt, standing behind a table. She mixes dough in a large bowl with her right hand and reaches her left hand to a bag of flour. In the right, another African American woman, attired in a white and gray striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, a white apron, and a dark green skirt, smiles at the viewer as she holds up a large loaf of bread.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American household employees -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Baking.
Bread.
Racism in popular culture.
Smiling.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 16 [P.2017.95.227]
Accession number
P.2017.95.227
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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