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Contributor Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title F. Pulaski & Co., 1026 Chestnut St. [graphic] : Opening days, November 1st and 2d, 1881.
Publisher [Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1881
Date 1881
Physical Description 4 prints : chromolithographs ; sheet 16 x 8 cm. (6.25 x 3 in.) or smaller.
Description Series of illustrated trade cards promoting F. Pulaski & Co., a fancy goods store at 1026 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a white woman pulling on her red stockings as her pet cat rubs his head against her foot and the same woman attired in a brown coat, a pink hat, blue stockings and white shoes, leaving her home with her cat trailing her. Also includes two related scenes showing a white woman standing with her head lowered before her surprised white husband with black soot on her face and clothing. In the subsequent scene, the husband is fighting with a Black man. In the right, the white man's brown cap flies off his head and white flour is dispersed through the air. In the left, the Black man's brown, brimmed hat falls to the ground as he grabs his hands around the white man's head with his right leg lifted up. F. Pulaski & Co., initially a partnership between Frank Pulaski and M.L. Kline when these trade cards were created, later specialized in pictures and picture frames.
Notes Title from item.
Text in French printed on recto [1975.F.714]: "En voyant sa femme changée de couleur, Pétrin qui a mauvais caractère, devine tout de suite que Charabia lui a fait une niche. Il a son plan."
Text in French printed on recto [1975.F.718]: "Comme ils se sont promis de faire suer: Charabia, de la farine à chon ami Pétrin, et Pétrin du charbon a Charabia, ils se tiennent parole."
Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject F. Pulaski & Co.
Cats.
Clothing & dress.
Couples.
Dry goods stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fighting.
Men, Black -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Racism in popular culture.
Spouses.
Women.
Black men.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Provenance Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Pulaski [1975.F.714; 1975.F.718; 1975.F.764 & 1975.F.871]
Accession number 1975.F.714
1975.F.718
1975.F.764
1975.F.871