Racist trade card promoting Kendall Manufacturing Co.’s Soapine and depicting caricatures and ethnic stereotypes of people helping Liberty wash laundry. Shows Liberty in the center personified as a white woman with blonde hair tied up in a bun attired in a blue cap with a white star and a white sleeveless dress with a red belt that has an American flag crest. She stands behind a wooden wash tub labeled “Kendall MFG Co.” that sits on top of six boxes labeled with the letter K. She spreads both of her arms out to the seven people around her. In the left, a white man with blond hair and mustache (possibly German,) holds a pipe in his mouth and is attired in a blue tunic, brown pants, and black shoes. He bends over as he carries a large box labeled “universal soap” on his back. A white Scottish man with blonde hair, attired in a blue cap with a yellow feather, a green shirt with a red sash, and a red kilt, helps a white man with black hair and mustache (possibly French) attired in a blue uniform with gold epaulettes and black shoes, carry a large straw basket filled with white laundry to the wash tub. In the right, caricatures of an African American man in a white sleeveless top, a Native American man attired with a feather headdress and blue pants with a bundle of arrows on his back, and a Chinese man with his hair styled in a queue attired in a blue tunic, brown pants, and blue, slip-on, cloth shoes, carry an oversize wash board labeled “French Laundry Soap.” In the center foreground, a white man with blonde hair and attired in a blue shirt, brown pants, blue socks, and black shoes, has fallen down on the ground. Beside him is a broken white pipe, and a small black cat runs away. Henry L. Kendall (1805-1883) founded a soap manufactory in Providence, R.I. in 1827. The Kendall Manufacturing Co. was incorporated in 1860. The Company continued to manufacture soap into the mid-20th century., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Kendall [P.2017.95.96]
Signed at foot: G.F.J.J. [i.e. Gottlieb F.J. Jäger, 1795-1879]., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 19.5 x 14.2 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Jäger, G. F. J. (Gottlieb F. J.)
Date
[1851]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1851 Jager 15144.Q (Roughwood)
Signed at foot: G.F.J.J. [i.e. Gottlieb F.J. Jäger, 1795-1879]., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 19.5 x 14.2 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Jäger, G. F. J. (Gottlieb F. J.)
Date
[1851]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1851 Jager 15144.Q (Roughwood)
Col. Collis's Zouaves d'Afriques, the 114th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was recruited in the summer of 1862 and mustered out in May, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1183, and F.H Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War, p. 124., Printed in red., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 114th (1862-1865)
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.38a (McAllister)
The Zouaves d'Afriques, the 114th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was recruited in the summer of 1862 and mustered out in May, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1183, and F.H Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 124., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 114th (1862-1865)
Date
[between 1862 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.10f (McAllister)
Col. Collis's Zouaves d'Afriques, the 114th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was recruited in the summer of 1862 and mustered out in May, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1183, and F.H Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War, p. 124., Printed in red and blue., The illustration is a Union soldier in Zouave uniform, sabre drawn, attacking a Confederate soldier., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 114th (1862-1865)
Date
[between 1862 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.37b (McAllister)
The Zouaves d'Afriques, the 114th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was mustered out in May, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1183, and F.H Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War, p. 124., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Collis, Charles H. T. (Charles Henry Tucky), 1838-1902
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Collis (2)5777.F.10e (McAllister)
For piano., Color illustration: scene of a Zouave regiment in battle against the Confederates / Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Lith., Engraver of music noted at bottom of p. 8 as "J.J. Lemon.", Pre-cataloging record., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Dressler, William
Date
c1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 11619.F (Clarence Wolf) In Process 4th Floor
Image: A zouave holds a flag in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. Several objects lay at his feet, including a flag, a drum, and a wagon wheel., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A zouave, dressed in a red and blue uniform, holds a Union flag in his right hand and a bayonet in his left hand., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Image: A Zouave wears a red and blue uniform and stands holding a rifle. Includes address lines., Verse 2403: The Zouave Defender., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
"Compos'd and Respectfully Dedicated to Miss Annie McKeever by F. E. Garrett.", Engraver: R. M. Gaw., Number 2 1/2 inside 5 pointed star on tp., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Garrett, F. E., cmp
Date
c1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books Rare Sheet Music Zou 11361.F
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.35b, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a Union soldier in Zouave uniform, saber drawn, attacking a Confederate soldier."
A Zouave Union soldier holds out two pistols and has a sword on his back. A cannonball is between his legs, and bullet is near his forehead., Text: Your tales fiery Zou-zou must surely amuse us / Picking up lighted shells to spit on their fuses / Catching balls in your hands and returning them home / I certainly own are marvelously some., Cf. Valentine 11.48., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
A Union Zouave soldier holds his rifle on his shoulder. Chicken heads peak out from his pants, suggesting that "hens" means "women" in the text., Text: My Zouave is a pretty bird, / He wears a bushy tail; / He never missed secessia's hens, / When one upon their trail. / But now he's gone to / A long way from the snore [i.e., shore], / Where he can never hook the hens, / He gaily hooked before., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Portrait image of a Zoolu (i.e, Zulu) warrior and his daughter. Seated on a rock, the warrior holds his sword and three spears. His daughter stands at his side, resting her hand on his shoulder. She wears a necklace and a wrap around her hips., Frontispiece for volume one of Nathaniel Isaacs's Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa: Descriptive of the Zoolu Manners, Customs, etc. etc.: With a Sketch of Natal (London: Edward Churton, 26, Holles Street, 1836)., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Creator
Bagg, William, lithographer
Date
[1836]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare U Afri Isaac 6281.D vol 1 frontispiece, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2916
Portrait image of a Zoolu (i.e, Zulu) prophetess whom Isaacs met during his travels. He described her as follows, "Her person . . . did not less attract my attention than the hostile attitudes and habiliments of her guards. Her head was partly shaved, as is the custom of the natives. Her hair was thick, and seemed besmeared with fat and charcoal.One eyelid was painted red, the other black; and her nose was rendered more ornamental than nature had designed it, by being also blackened by the same preparation." As he also noted, she carried a "stick or wand, with a black cow's tail tied to the end, which she flourished about with infinite solemnity." (p. 166-167). In the lithograph, the prophetess wears an ornate head-piece and ceremonial dress; she holds a small nosegay to her breast., Plate in Nathaniel Isaacs's Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa: Descriptive of the Zoolu Manners, Customs, etc. etc.: With a Sketch of Natal (London: Edward Churton, 26, Holles Street, 1836)., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Creator
Bagg, William, lithographer
Date
[1836]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare U Afri Isaac 6281.D vol 2 p 166, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2917
Aerial view showing the grounds of the Philadelphia Zoo. Includes the Schuylkill River on its eastern boundary and surrounding railroad tracks., Negative number:1619.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1922
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1619]
Architectural plans of the first floor of the church at Front Street and Fischer Avenue prepared by the firm of Ritcher & Eiler, Reading Pennsylvania., Sheet number: 50B14., Real photos. Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
Exterior view of front facade of church built in 1890 at North Twenty-eighth and Cabot Streets with inset portrait of pastor Rev. C.T. Albrecht., Sheet number: 50B14., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
Collection of over 100 graphic materials documenting world's fairs of the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, predominantly the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 (Philadelphia) and Exposition Universelle de 1867 à Paris. Includes stereographs, trade cards, collecting cards, lantern slides, and souvenirs.
Graphics also depict the Great Exhibition of 1851; New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853-1854); the Exposition Universelle de 1867 a Paris; the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878; the Chicago World's Fair of 1893; the Pan American Exposition of 1901 (Buffalo, N.Y.); the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 (St. Louis, Mo.); and the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 (Philadelphia).
Collection of ephemera reflecting American social and economic development, with an emphasis on the book trades. Includes samples of mid-19th-century raised letter printing for the blind and pre-1801 legal forms, 18th-19th centuries.
Christian Zell, born ca. 1830 in Maryland, worked as a painter in Baltimore before moving to Philadelphia and opening a retail liquor store. It is probable that he was accidentally listed as a lithographer operating at 510 South Fifteenth Street in the Philadelphia Business Directory for 1859. Every other directory between the years 1858 and 1868, along with IRS tax assessment information, list him as a tavern keeper or retail liquor store owner at 510 South Eighteenth Street., The 1850 census indicates Zell lived in Baltimore with his brother Henry (b. ca. 1833), in Josiah G. Keller's household in Ward 19. On November 3, 1850, Zell married Eleanor McGleun and by 1860, they lived in Ward 7 in Philadelphia with four children: Amelia (b. ca. 1849), Henry (b. ca. 1851), Josiah (b. ca. 1855) and Christiana (b. ca. 1858). Ten years later, Zell resided again with Josiah Keller in Baltimore with sons Henry and John (b. ca. 1861) and worked as a painter.
Date
b. ca. 1830
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
The morning sun a blessing brings (13 vs. printed on both sides of sheet) [By Mrs. G. A. K. McLeod.] Letter paper; lavender ink; t. o. border. 20.3 x 11.5 cm.
Silk mourning ribbon with portrait of President Zachary Taylor. Atop the portrait is a bald eagle with a shield. Reads, “A Nation Mourns, A Nation’s Loss. The Peoples Choice, Inaugurated March 5th 1849. Died July 9th 1850. Aged 66 Years.”, Gift of John J. Nesbitt, III in memory of Mary (Rogers) Grist, 2012.
Zachariah Poulson (1761-1844) edited and published the newspaper "Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser" from 1800-1839. The artist has painted Poulson holding his newspaper, as well as some correspondence from Mr. Ogilvie. Although the portrait is unsigned in the traditional sense, the newspaper Poulson holds contains an advertisement that reads, “James Peale / No. 69 / Lombard Street / Paints Portraits / In Oils and Miniature / Oct. 29. 1808.” Adjacent to this advertisement is one for the museum run by James's brother, Charles Willson Peale., Purchased by the Library Company, 2011.
Poulson was librarian from 1785-1806 and a board member from 1812-1844 at the Library Company., Sully Register, #1356., Commissioned by the Library Company's Board of Directors, 1843., Exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1922). Exhibited in the Library Company's exhibition, Quarter of a Millennium (1981). Exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition, Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter (1983).
Adolph Ferdinand Zabiensky, a Philadelphia and Camden engraver, lithographer, and printer, born in Enger, Germany on February 9, 1822, worked in the cities ca. 1850-1900. Zabiensky emigrated to Philadelphia in 1842. During the 1850s, he was naturalized (March 15, 1853) and served as the Vice President of the Lithographic Printers Union (1850), a position he was nominated for in the early 1860s as well. From 1887 to 1888, he worked as a lithographer for the Philadelphia, later Camden firm of Pfeil & Golz Co. and retired by 1900. A resident of Philadelphia for his entire career, Zabiensky lived at 206 Brown Street for most, if not all, of his life. Zabiensky died suddenly on November 5, 1904 at Twenty-Fifth and Thompson Streets.
Date
February 9, 1822-November 5, 1904
Location
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
