| Contributor |
Hainsworth Supply Co., distributor. |
| Title |
Foxy Granduncle's first mistake. How is that? Hello! Hello! Hello! Well, well, well! What's this? [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia?] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1895 |
| Date |
[ca. 1895] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: chromolithograph; sheet 16 x 23 cm. (6.25 x 9 in.), folded to 16 x 8 cm.(6.25 x 3.25 in.) |
| Description |
Metamorphic foldout trade card promoting "Imperial Metal Polish." Card composed to portray the perceived and actual scene
viewed by an old man "Granduncle" looking through a peephole in a fence (completely folded). The perceived scene shows a bare
bottom and a woman's feet (partially-folded). The actual scene shows a racily-attired young woman, smoking cigars, drinking,
and seated on a hammock near a pig with his rear to the viewer (unfolded). Also contains the "Imperial" trademark label depicting
an image of the world. Label captioned "Reg. U.S. Pat. Office."
|
| Notes |
Distributor's stamp on verso: Hainsworth Supply Co., 2247 N. 8th St., Phila. |
|
Registration Applied For. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler. |
| Subject |
Polishes. |
|
Older people. |
|
Peep shows. |
|
Pigs. |
|
Women -- Social life. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1890-1900. |
|
Chromolithographs -- 1890-1900. |
|
Metamorphic pictures -- 1890-1900. |
| Printer |
Hainsworth Supply Co., distributor. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.27] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.10.27 |
