03792nkm a2200481 a 4500 000283056 20230711185112.0 kj co 030630s1883 xxunnn kneng d NEHE-2164 3 ppl PPL dcrmg 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. [United States] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1883] 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 8 x 13 cm. (3 x 5 in.) Title from item. 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.” 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. 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. Forms part of the William Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection. 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. Gift of William Helfand. 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. Compton, J. Harley, approximately 1853- African American men Caricatures and cartoons. Donkeys. lctgm Grocery stores. lctgm Older persons. lctgm Pharmaceutical industry New Jersey New Egypt. lctgm Pharmacists New Jersey New Egypt. lctgm Racism in popular culture. Chromolithographs 1880-1890. gmgpc Trade cards 1880-1890. gmgpc SP3 African American History Imprint UNITED STATES. 1883. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - C [P.9828.5679] P.9828.5679 p-9828-5679-r p-9828-5679-v 268488 268488 000283056 LINDAW 40 20110615 1304 000283056 ERIKA 40 20140213 1110 000283056 LINDA 40 20211221 1558 ppl UNITED STATES. 1883. Imprint