Details
Contributor Seifert, Henry, publisher.
Title Albert & Bayley fine shoes, 449 Broad Street Newark, N.J. [graphic].
Publisher [Newark, N.J.] : Henry Seifert
Publisher N.J. Newark. 1883
Date 1883
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph in red ink and with gilt ; sheet 11 x 7 cm (4.25 x 3 in.)
Description Trade card promoting Albert & Bayley shoes and depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy pushing a wheelbarrow on a cobblestone street. The boy is barefoot and attired in a buttoned shirt with an open collar and the sleeves rolled up, striped shorts, and a hat with a long tassle. The wheelbarrow contains a giant-size pair of boots decorated with an American flag near the pull strap. Albert & Bayley had a shoe store at 449 Broad Steet, Newark, N.J. from 1883 to 1885.
Notes Title from item.
Name of publisher and date from copyright statement: Copyright by Henry Seifert A.D. 1883.
Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Albert & Bayley.
African American boys -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Boots.
Racism in popular culture.
Shoe industry -- New Jersey -- Newark.
Wheelbarrows.
Genre Lithographs -- Color -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Printer Seifert, Henry, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Albert & Bayley [P.2017.95.3]
Accession number P.2017.95.3