Details
Contributor Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title [P. Madeira trade cards] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1880
Date [ca. 1880]
Physical Description 13 prints : chromolithographs ; sheet 5.5 x 9 cm (2.25 x 3.5 in.) or smaller.
Description Series of illustrated trade cards promoting Pugh Madeira's cutlery and surgical instrument establishment at 115 South Tenth Street, Philadelphia. lllustrations represent world countries by depicting boys attired in styles of clothing native to China, France, Germany, South America, Hungary, United States, Turkey, Spain, Italy, England, Russia, and Mexico. Also shows two boys riding horses. The card labeled, “China,” shows a Chinese boy with a carrying pole across his shoulders, which holds cards on each side. He wears a queue hairstyle and is attired in a red hat with a black brim; a colorful, long-sleeved tunic; yellow pants; and yellow boots. He holds an orange card in his left hand. A piece of wood is yoked across his shoulders and wire or string hangs down on both sides, which balance the weight of the load. The border has decorative Chinese-stylized decorative motifs.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from dates of operation of the advertised business.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject Madeira, Pugh.
Boys -- Chinese.
Chinese -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Clothing & dress -- Symbolic aspects.
Cutlery industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ethnic stereotypes.
Horseback riding.
Queue (Hairstyle)
AAPI.
Geographic subject China -- Symbolic representation.
England -- Symbolic representation.
France -- Symbolic representation.
Germany -- Symbolic representation.
Hungary -- Symbolic representation.
Italy -- Symbolic representation.
Mexico -- Symbolic representation.
Russia -- Symbolic representation.
South America -- Symbolic representation.
Spain -- Symbolic representation.
Turkey -- Symbolic representation.
United States -- Symbolic representation.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Madeira [1975.F.594; 1975.F.599-608; 1975.F.647; P.2002.9.3]
Accession number 1975.F.594
1975.F.599
1975.F.600
1975.F.601
1975.F.602
1975.F.603
1975.F.604
1975.F.605
1975.F.606
1975.F.607
1975.F.608
1975.F.647
P.2002.9.3