Details
Title Foxy Granduncle's first mistake. How is that? Hello! Hello! Hello! Well, well, well! What's this? [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia?]
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