Title |
Creditor of Johnsing & Skinner--"I'll hab a hundred and fifty cents on de dollar, or I'll lick de hul firm." [graphic] : Compliments
of J. Harley Compton, druggist, New Egypt, N.J.
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Publisher |
[United States] : [publisher not identified] |
Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1883 |
Date |
[ca. 1883] |
Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 13 cm. (3 x 5 in.) |
Description |
Racist trade card promoting the druggist J. Harley Compton and depicting a caricature of an older African American man reading
a notice on a country grocery store. Shows the man with a white beard and attired in a yellow brimmed hat, a long-sleeved
red shirt, yellow pants with patches and held up by suspenders, and black shoes. He bends forward to read the sign on the
boarded up, dilapidated store. It states in the vernacular that the Johnsing & Skinner Grocery is out of business and that,
“Dem as owes de firm, will settle wid me--dey de firm owes will settle wid Skinner. G.W. Johnsing." The African American man
is labeled as a creditor who says in the vernacular, “I’ll hab a hundred and fifty cents on de dollar, or I’ll lick de hul
firm.” Another sign on the building states, "10 miles to de post ofice (sic)." In the right, the man’s donkey is tied to an
orange post behind him. In the background, fenced in fields and trees are visible. William Carroll purchased J. Harley Compton’s
drugstore in New Egypt, New Jersey in 1895.
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Notes |
Title from item. |
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Text printed on recto: Johnsing & Skinner Grocery. Notis—De firm of Johnsing & Skinner am resolved. Dem as owes de firm, will
settle wid me—dey de firm owes will settle wid Skinner. G.W. Johnsing. Creditor of Johnsing & Skinner—“I’ll hab a hundred
and fifty cents on de dollar, or I’ll lick de hul firm.”
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Advertising text printed on verso promotes items manufactured by J. Harley Compton, including Compton's concentrated flavoring
extracts, liquid rennet, camphor ice with glycerine, cholera and dysentery drops, and Compton's tooth powder. Dated Oct. 9th,
1883.
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RVCDC |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Gift of William Helfand. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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Subject |
Compton, J. Harley, approximately 1853- |
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African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Donkeys. |
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Grocery stores. |
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Older persons. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- New Jersey -- New Egypt. |
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Pharmacists -- New Jersey -- New Egypt. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890. |
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Trade cards -- 1880-1890. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - C [P.9828.5679] |
Accession number |
P.9828.5679 |