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Title: [The love drop]
Description: Racist post card depicting a genre scene of an African American woman fortune teller with three white women clients. Shows the elderly African American woman, attired in a red head kerchief, spectacles, a yellow shawl, a long-sleeved white dress, and a white apron, sitting on a green, wooden chair and tea reading. She pours tea out of a cup, and it drips into a small bottle. A saucer is on the floor below. The illustration’s title, “The Love Drop” refers to a tea leaf reader’s term for the last drop that falls from the cup, which would supposedly provide a glimpse into affairs of love. In the right, three young white women look on at the fortune teller. The blond-haired white woman, attired in a hat decorated with flowers and a long-sleeved pink dress with black decorative ribbons, sits on the floor on a rug with her parasol next to her. To her right, seated on a wooden chair, the brown-haired woman, attired in a hat decorated with a black ribbon and red flowers and a yellow dress with black lace accents, leans forward holding her parasol in both hands underneath her chin. Sitting on the chair’s right armrest, the blond-haired woman, attired in a green dress decorated with black ribbons, looks on. Behind the women is an open hearth with a black pot hanging above the fire. A clothesline of laundry hangs in front of the hearth. In the left is a table with a red tablecloth and a shelf above it that has a copper coffeepot and plate. There are cups and saucers on the floor and a round container possibly of red knitting. A chair is visible in the far right., Title supplied by cataloger based on P.2017.95.249., Date inferred by the date of the original painting., Text printed on verso: Post card. This side for address only. Place stamp here. United States, Cuba, Canada and Mexico one cent. Foreign two cents., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1903]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Love [P.2017.95.249a]

Title: Negro children in America
Description: Card depicting two African American women taking care of African American children in a nursery. In the foreground, three African American children sit on the floor and play with toys. In the left, the girl, attired in a blue dress, yellow socks, and black shoes, plays with blocks. In the middle, the girl, attired in a white shirt and green and red dress, holds a white girl doll costumed in an orange dress. In the right, the girl, attired in a red stocking cap, a yellow shirt, blue pants, and green socks, holds her right hand to her mouth. Beside her on the floor is a white girl doll costumed in a blue dress and a stuffed dog. Behind the seated group, two children stand and pull toys out of a container. In the left, the girl, attired in a white cap and a pink romper, leans over the container. In the right, the girl, attired in an orange dress, carries a teddy bear. In the right background, the woman, attired in a long-sleeved white dress, sits on a wooden chair with a baby wrapped in a yellow blanket on her lap. In the left background, the woman, attired in a long-sleeved pink shirt, a purple skirt, and a white apron, leans over a crib to help a young child attired in a red shirt. Two framed pictures are on the wall., Title from item., Text printed on verso: Bible Picture Card. Vol. 1, no. 14. Second Quarter. January 4, 1942. The Peanut Cow. Miss Mary’s class had met on Sunday morning. Ethel’s brown face seemed very thoughtful. “I want to tell you something,” she said after awhile. “Yesterday I was out walking. I saw six little children. They were very thin. I wish we could help them in some way.” The class was very still. They were thinking hard. “I know!” cried one of the girls. “Let’s parch peanuts and sell them. Then we can buy milk for these children.” Each day the class met. They parched peanuts and took them to be sold. They bought good rich milk with their money. “Those children need fruit.” Ethel said one day after one of her classes. “We learned today that everyone should have fruit.” “But it takes all our peanut money to buy milk,” said one of the girls. “Maybe the other boys and girls at Browning Home would like to help,” suggested Miss Mary. “Put a milk bottle in the lunch room. They can put in their extra pennies, nickels and dimes.” “Let’s call it the Peanut Cow,” suggested Ethel. Eagerly they watched the Peanut Cow. It grew fuller and fuller. How happy they were! Now they could buy both fruit and milk. Verse to Remember: “We are God’s fellow-workers.” I Corinthians 3:9. Published quarterly in sets of 13 at 4 cents per set per quarter. The Methodist Publishing House, 353 Prairie Ave., Providence, R.I. Executive and Editorial Offices, 810 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee. Entered as second-class matter, September 15, 1941, at the post office at Providence, R.I., under the act of March 3, 1879. c. 1942, by Whitmore & Stone., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1942
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Negro [P.2017.95.250]

Title: Strike me pink if it ain't yo' anniversary!
Description: Racist, greeting card depicting a caricature portrayed with exaggerated features of an African American child's face. The oversized child's face looks directly at the viewer and purse's their lips. The interior image has a depiction of the same child with pink skin color. The child speaks in the vernacular to "strike me pink if it ain't yo' anniversary." The card is printed on pink paper., Title from item., Date inferred from history of the publisher., Manuscript written on recto: Louis & Ellis- from Wendy & Shie. The "me" in "strike me pink" is crossed out and "us" in written in manuscript., Text printed on interior: Ah hopes yo' has a million mo' each one bettah dan de one befo'!, Manuscript written on interior: drawings of four stick figures, each with an illegible name. "An hopes yo'" has been crossed out and "We" and "yos" is written in manuscript., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [after 1913]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Strike [P.2017.95.251]

Title: A tip on St. Valentine's day. Lady, I'se a good waiter, but I cain't wait foh'ever!
Description: Racist, Valentine card depicting a caricature of an African American man waiter. Shows the man, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a black jacket with a white lapel, a white apron, black pants, yellow socks, and black shoes, looking to the right. He has a white towel draped over his right wrist, and he holds his index finger up on his left hand. He stands in front of a red heart and speaks in the vernacular that, “I’se a good waiter, but I cain’t wait foh’ever.”, Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Manuscript note on recto: Guess., Manuscript note on verso: G.G., Series number printed on recto: 5V12., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Tip [P.2017.95.252]

Title: With the season's greetings
Description: Racist, holiday greeting card depicting a caricature of an African American man. Shows the bust length portrait of the man facing right with his eyes looking at the viewer. He is portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white hat with a brown band, gold earrings, a white collared shirt with a gold pin, a yellow and red bowtie, and a white jacket with a red flower boutonniere., Title from item., Publication information from the copyright statement: Raphael Tuck & Sons Copyright., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - With [P.2017.95.253]

Title: [African American boy butler carrying a bouquet of flowers]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy butler. Shows the full-length portrait of the boy attired in a white shirt and bowtie, a yellow waistcoat, an orange jacket with tails, white gloves, blue pants, and white and black boots. He smiles as he carries a bouquet of flowers in front of him in his right hand. He holds a black top hat and a letter in his left hand., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Duplicate copy [P.2017.95.295]., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 1 [P.2017.95.254]

Title: [African American boy doorman carrying a bouquet of flowers]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy doorman or butler. Shows the full-length portrait of the boy attired in a white shirt and bowtie; long, blue coat with gold buttons and trim; white gloves; and white and black boots. He looks at the viewer and smiles as he carries a bouquet of flowers in his left hand. He holds a black top hat with a gold band and a letter in his right hand., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 2 [P.2017.95.255]

Title: And he got!
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting a scene of barefooted, African American men knocked about from a kicking mule in the middle of a field. In the center, a mule equipped with a saddle and reins, kicks its back feet into the air, above a wooden board lying on the ground. In the right, a man attired in a red shirt and white and blue checked pants, tumbles onto his back and with his legs in the air. Near him a man attired in yellow pants with red polka dots and an orange, checked shirt, runs away. In the left, a man attired in yellow pants and an orange shirt falls to the ground, head first and upside down. In the lower left, the lower leg and bare foot of a person attired in red checked pants and running away is visible. In the background, a man with a hat and checked red shirt stands with both arms up in the air in alarm. Two figures gathering crops are also visible in the distance., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - And he got [P.2017.95.196]

Title: La Bamboula
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting a caricature of a dancing Black boy. Shows the bare-chested boy, attired in a red, white, and blue feathered headdress and skirt and gold hoop earrings, necklace, bracelets, and anklets. His feet lift off of the ground, and he holds his hands up as he dances and smiles. On the ground beside him is a spiked, wooden club. In the background, green jungle foliage is visible., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - And he got [P.2017.95.197]

Title: "Come, birdie, come, oh! Come with me."
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American boy carrying a chicken and a duck. Shows the boy, attired in a straw hat, a long-sleeved shirt, pants with patches at the knees, and black shoes, smiling and looking at the viewer. He says, “come, birdie, come, oh! Come with me” as he carries a chicken under his right arm. In his left hand he holds a duck by the neck., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Come, Birdie [P.2017.95.198]

Title: Corn Picking. Population 1,542,180. Area in sq. miles 59,475
Description: Racist trade card promoting Arbuckle Bros. coffee and depicting African Americans in a field harvesting corn. Shows an African American woman, attired in a straw hat, a green, long-sleeved shirt, a yellow shawl, and a red skirt, smiling as she picks corn off of a stalk in the foreground. In the left, an African American man, attired in a straw hat, a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, brown pants, and brown shoes, looks at the viewer as he carries corn in his arms. In the background, two more farm laborers are visible. Brothers John and Charlie Arbuckle, Arbuckle Bros., established their factory and warehouse in Brooklyn in 1881 after they invented a machine that roasted, ground, and packaged coffee into bags. Their first national brand was patented under the name Arbuckle’s Ariosa. The company succeeded into the 20th century. Following John’s death in 1912 the company declined and was broken up by the Arbuckle family in the late 1930s., Title from item., Publication information and date from the copyright statement: Copyright 1889 Arbuckle Bros. N.Y., Print trimmed., Description of Colorado printed on verso. Sections of text missing. "[Colo]rado. east and west of 380 miles, a breadth o[?] square miles, or 66,512,000 acres, divided [?] are still unsurveyed 40,657,679 acres; i[?] mountain range, the foot hills, and the [?] [nor]th and south through the centre of the [?] [ra]nges, with many peaks over 13,000 fee[t] [?] immense mountains, are the “Parks,” [?] natural feature of Colorado. These co[?] [?] tion of 9,000 to 10,000 feet above the se[a]. [T]he principal ones being the North and [?] White and Green rivers, most of which[?] navigable. The South Platte has a fa[?] [?] Denver, and one of the canons of th[e] [?] [?] a rule, severe, with heavy falls of snow [?] plains and in the valleys, the mildness [?] as to render Colorado the paradise [?] and are glad to find that “Arbuckles” [?] 65,196 females, of whom 154,537 were [?] [?]rth, white, 191,126; colored, 3,201.", Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Corn [P.2017.95.199]

Title: Correos. America del Sur
Description: Trade card promoting South American postal services and containing a montage of images representing South American culture. Includes a genre scene depicting a Black boy attired in earrings, a wide-brimmed hat, a white, blousy, long-sleeved shirt with open collar, red sash belt, and blue-striped pants and holding sheets of mail with stamps (left); depiction of a group of postage stamps of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru (upper right); and a vignette of laborers harvesting sugar cane (lower right). Also includes, on the lower edge, pictorial details of the coats of arms of Peru and of Chile., Title from item., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Correos [P.2017.95.200]

Title: [Correos. America del Sur]
Description: Trade card specimen promoting South American postal services and containing a montage of images representing South American culture. Includes a genre scene depicting a Black boy attired earrings, a wide-brimmed hat, a white, blousy, long-sleeved shirt with open collar, red sash belt, and blue-striped pants and holding sheets of mail with stamps (left); a map of the countries of South America (upper right); and a vignette of laborers harvesting sugar cane (lower right). Also includes, on the lower edge, pictorial details of the coats of arms of Peru and of Chile., Tiitle and place of publication from variant of print within collection. See P.2017.95.200., Date inferred from genre of print., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Correos [P.2017.95.201]

Title: Cuba. Sugar plantation. Havana City and Harbor. Morro Castle. Santiago Cuba
Description: Trade card specimen depicting vignettes of a black man in a hat smiling, a sugar plantation, Havana City’s harbor, Morro Castle, and Santiago. In the top left is a circular vignette of a black man, attired in a brimmed straw hat and a white-collared shirt, who looks to the right and smiles. In the top right is a sugar plantation with a man in horse-drawn cart hauling sugar cane. Tall stalks of cane line the road. Beneath is a scene of the harbor in Havana City, with ships coming in and out. Mountains are visible in the background. In the left are palm trees. A vignette of Morro Castle, the fortress guarding Havana Bay, is depicted with a ship passing in front of it. In the bottom of the card is a depiction of Santiago, showing a wall with an American flag flying on a pole with mountains in the background and water winding around the land below. In the foreground are products from Cuba, including fruits, such as a pineapple, a pouch labeled “tobacco,” and a box of cigars., Title from item., Date deduced from the content., Text printed on verso: Cuba. The area of Cuba is 41,655 square miles. The island is long and narrow and follows a curved line through its centre; is 720 miles long and its average breadth is 80 miles. The highest part of the island is the range extending in the southwest from the Punto de Maysi to Cape Cruz. There are mountains immediately above the harbor of Trinidad de Cuba in the south, the highest of which is 2,990 feet above the sea level. The climate is hot on the coast and temperate on the higher levels. Ten per cent of the area is, or was, cultivated. There are large tracts of the island still unexplored. A census taken in 1887 reported the population to be 1,631, 687. Of this, 528,998 were negroes and mulattoes. The present population is uncertain. Probably, as the results of devastating war, it has been cut down at least a fourth. Principal cities are Havana (the capital), Santiago de Cuba, Puerto Principe, Holguin, Sancti Spiritus, Matanzas. Before the insurrection, there were over 1,000 miles of railroad in operation on the island. The chief produce is sugar and tobacco. There is also production of mahogany, fruits, honey and wax. Gold and silver have been found in paying quantities. The iron mines of Cuba, all of which are located near Santiago, overshadow in importance all the other industries on the eastern end of the island. The ore of these mines is among the richest in the world, yielding from 62 to 67 per cent of pure iron. The principal imports are flour, rice and jerked beef. The chief exports are sugar and tobacco., Stamped on verso: 3259 12., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Cuba [P.2017.95.202]

Title: Do they miss me at home?
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting a caricature of a young African American girl, possibly a satirical personification of the popular mid-19th century song of the same title. Shows the barefooted girl, attired in a baby doll dress, her hair in short coils, and the fingers of one hand in her mouth as, in the other, she holds the string of a rolling pull toy horse visible behind her. Published in 1852 and composed by S. M. Grannis with lyrics by Caroline Atherton Mason, "Do they Miss Me at Home" was written in the voice of a homesick girl away at school. The song remained popular through the Civil War when translated to the voice of soldiers. Bufford, later J. H. Bufford's Sons, issued trade cards 1870-1875 containing images portraying racial and ethnic stereotypes, as well as personfications of popular 19th-century songs, ballads, and poems., Title from item., Date inferred from style of copyright statement: Copyrighted, Bufford, Boston., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Do they [P.2017.95.203]

Title: La main chaude
Description: Trade card specimen depicting a white boy crying in the lap of a white girl after another white girl has hit him. In the left, shows the boy, attired in a white shirt, a brown jacket, brown pants, red socks, and brown shoes, bent over and crying into the lap of a girl. The girl, attired in a green bonnet, a gray dress with white ruffles at the collar and sleeves, white stockings, and brown shoes, sits on the grass and comforts the boy, placing both her hands on his head. In the center, shows the girl, attired in a pink and white bonnet, a red dress, a pink checked smock, white stockings, and brown shoes, lift her right hand up and wave a fist at the boy. Her left hand holds the hand of another boy, attired in a straw hat with a red band, a green shirt with a white ruffled collar, green shorts, red and white striped socks, and brown shoes. The boy holds the string to a pull toy wagon in his left hand. In the right background are bound wheat sheaves., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Manuscript note on verso: George Smith., Illustration of girl in pink bonnet is hand colored in purple ink., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Main [P.2017.95.204]

Title: A mistaken identity
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American woman striking a passing white man with the back of her hand. Shows the woman portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a hat, a striped dress, a polka dotted apron with a patch, and black shoes, carrying an umbrella in her left hand and hitting a man with her right hand. In the left, the man lifts his right leg and his left hand up as he jumps in alarm after being struck., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Mistaken [P.2017.95.205]

Title: Mrs. O'Toole- Give it to im Mickey, t'was for de loikes of sich as him, yer fayther got kilt in the war
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting an Irish boy portrayed in caricature preparing to fight an African American boy portrayed in caricature. Shows the Irish mother, Mrs. O’Toole, attired in a bonnet, a polka dotted scarf, and a long-sleeved shirt, holding a pipe in her left hand and leaning out of a window. She speaks in the vernacular to her son, Mickey, that "t’was for de loikes of sich as him, yer fayther got kilt in the war." In the center outside of the house, the barefooted son Mickey, attired in a hat, a torn long-sleeved shirt, a vest, and pants, holds his left hand in front of his chest as he angrily looks at the African American boy in the right. The African American boy carries a hoop and stick toy in his hands and opens his mouth in alarm. In the background, clothes hang from a clothesline., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Illustration printed in red ink., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Mrs. O'Toole [P.2017.95.206]

Title: [African American boy shoe shine being kicked by a white boy clown]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a white boy clown kicking an African American shoe shine boy from behind. In the right, the white boy, attired white clown costume with a white cap decorated with a blue ball, a white shirt with ruffles at the neck and waist, white pants with a ruffle at the cuffs, white stockings, and blue shoes, carries a jump rope in both hands. He smiles at the viewer and kicks his left foot propelling the shoe shiner into the air. The shoe shiner is attired in a blue jacket with tails, white pants, black stockings, and brown shoes. His top hat, shoe shining stool, and open can of shoe polish fly away from him., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 27 [P.2017.95.238]

Title: [African Americans picking cotton with a cotton compress]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting African Americans picking cotton on a plantation. In the left foreground, shows an African American man, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, pants, and shoes, carrying a basket on his back filled with cotton. In the right, two African American children sit on the ground and fill a basket with cotton. In the background, is a large, wooden compress or cotton press. An African American man, with a basket of cotton at his feet, puts cotton into the compress. Another man stands in the right of the stairs leading to the compress with a basket of cotton. In the right background is a building and two women crouching on the ground and another man standing. In the top of the card is an additional illustration depicting a pine tree falling over. In the foreground is a bird on a branch, and a house is visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Publication information and date from the copyright statement: Copyright by Robinson Eng. Co. Boston U.S.A. 1881., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1881
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 28 [P.2017.95.239]

Title: [African American woman on a balcony talking on a tin can telephone to an African American man minstrel]
Description: Die-cut trade card specimen shaped like a top hat and depicting racist caricatures of an African American woman on a balcony talking on a tin can telephone to an African American man minstrel. Shows the African American woman, attired in a yellow dress, leaning over the balcony of a palatial building, while holding a tin can telephone on a string to her right ear. On the ground, the African American man minstrel is portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white top hat with a black band, a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a white waistcoat, a black jacket with tails, red and white striped pants, and black shoes. He stands holding the other end of the tin can telephone to his right ear. A banjo lies at his feet., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 29 [P.2017.95.239x]

Title: Heah I is honey wid dem old time Christmas temptations
Description: Die cut card depicting a racist caricature of an African American man holding a sprig of mistletoe. The man is balding and has tufts of white hair on the sides of his head and is attired in a yellow and purple scarf, a pink and white checked shirt, a black jacket, red mittens, blue and green striped pants, and black shoes. In his left hand he carries a gray hat with a purple band. In his right hand he holds a sprig of mistletoe, made of wire and cloth, and speaks in the vernacular, “heah I is honey wid dem old time Christmas temptations.” Below him is a small red frame with a depiction of a white woman, attired in a pink bonnet, a yellow coat, white socks, and black shoes, leaning in to kiss a white man, attired in a black hat, a blue jacket, green pants, and black shoes. They are flanked by two pine trees in red containers., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Manuscript note on verso: With all the love in the world - Duke & [Ercil?]., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Christmas [P.2017.95.240]

Title: The early bird catches the worm
Description: Racist post card depicting a satiric caricature of an African American man urinating behind a tree and a goose biting him. Shows the man in the left portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a yellow hat, a white shirt, and yellow pants with white cuffs at the bottom. He stands behind a tree to urinate. In the right, a white goose with its wings stretched out has surprised him and bites him. The man opens his mouth wide in alarm., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Series number printed on the recto: 421., Text printed on the verso: Post Card. Place one cent stamp here., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Early [P.2017.95.241]

Title: Foh yo' birfday! De sweetest little flowers, dat eber ah saw grew, am climbing up de birfday fence, a-blossomin' foh you!
Description: Birthday card depicting a racist caricature an African American girl standing as flowers grow over a fence and towards a house. Shows the African American girl portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in an orange dress with purple polka dots, blue shoes, and blue and orange bows in her hair. At her feet are yellow, purple, blue, and orange flowers. She speaks in the vernacular that the flowers are “climbing up de birfday fence,” which is the yellow fence depicted in the right. The flowers, made of cloth, grow over it and towards a house, which has flowers growing on the roof. The house is blue with green shutters that are falling apart., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Manuscript note on recto: Harold- Henry- Florence, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Foh [P.2017.95.242]

Title: Happy birthday
Description: Racist, birthday card depicting a caricature of an African American boy and a white girl on a candy stick seesaw. In the left, shows the white girl attired in a large, white bonnet; a yellow dress with red polka dots; a blue and white checked smock; orange stockings; and brown shoes, sitting on a red and white striped candy stick. In the right, the barefooted African American boy, attired in an orange shirt and gray pants, sits on the other side of the candy see saw. The fulcrum is a piece of chocolate., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Happy [P.2017.95.243]

Title: A happy new year
Description: Greeting card depicting a racist caricature of an African American man jockey riding a bucking horse in the snow. Shows the African American man jockey attired in a yellow jockey cap, a yellow vest, a pink shirt, a blue bowtie, white breeches, and black boots. He sits on a white horse that is kicking its back legs and hitting a snowman in the right. The snowman has a pipe in his mouth and a large pine branch in his hands. The jockey has lost hold of the reins, which dangle from the horse’s mouth, and his whip is in the snow., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Happy [P.2017.95.244]

Title: He'p yo'se'f to grapefruit from sunny Florida
Description: Post card depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy in a grapefruit orchard. Shows the barefooted boy smiling at the viewer and attired in a red collared jumpsuit with a belt. He holds the branches of a grapefruit tree that is laden with yellow fruit. He speaks in the vernacular to “he’p yo’ se’f to grapefruit from sunny Florida.” More grapefruits lie on the ground around his feet., Title from item., Date deduced from visual content., Series number printed on recto: 146., Series number printed on verso: 63027., Text printed on recto: Robinson., Text printed on verso: Florida is the land of sunshine, flowers and luscious fruits. It is famed for its great groves of oranges and grapefruit, their well-laden boughs heavy with brilliant fruit. Tichnor Quality Views. Made only by Tichnor Brothers, Inc. Boston, Mass. Post Card. Place one cent stamp here. Made in U.S.A., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1930]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - He'p [P.2017.95.245]

Title: Here's luck! A jolly Christmas to you
Description: Racist Christmas card depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel singing and playing the accordion. Shows the African American man minstrel attired in a beige top hat with a blue band, a white collared shirt, a pink ascot with a pin, a yellow jacket, a green plaid waistcoat and pants, yellow and white striped socks, and black shoes. He sings with his mouth wide open and pulls a pink accordion apart in both of his hands. Behind him is a white bust of a woman on a pedestal., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Here's [P.2017.95.246]

Title: I'm yo' valentine chile!
Description: Die cut Valentine card depicting a racist caricature of an African American woman carrying a basket of eggs. Shows the barefooted African American woman portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a blue bonnet with white polka dots, a blue plaid shirt, a white apron, and a blue and white striped skirt. She smiles at the viewer and speaks in the vernacular, “I’m yo Valentine chile,” as she holds a basket full of eggs in both of her hands., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - I'm yo' [P.2017.95.247]

Title: " Othello"
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting an African American man “Othello” holding a knife and jealously looking at an African American woman and man conversing. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat, a red shirt with a white collar, white and blue striped pants with yellow suspenders, red socks, and black shoes, baring his teeth in an angry expression while he holds a knife in his right hand. He stands beside a building and looks over his right shoulder. Behind the building, in the background, an African American woman, attired in a red, short-sleeved dress with a white collar and red shoes, stands with her hands on her hips. She talks with an African American man, attired in a hat, a white collared shirt, a black jacket, khaki pants, and brown shoes, who has his left hand in his jacket pocket and points his index finger on his right hand at the woman., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Othello [P.2017.95.207]

Title: Picking the coffee berries
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting an African man picking coffee on a plantation. Shows the bare-chested, barefooted man, attired in a straw hat and red striped shorts, picking coffee berries and placing them into a straw basket. The basket, which is hung around his shoulders and neck by a strap in front of his waist, is full of red berries. In the left, the coffee plant that the man picks from is full of red berries. More plants are visible in the background., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Picking [P.2017.95.208]

Title: "They all do it"
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man kissing a caricature of an African American woman on a bench in front of a house while people look on. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat, a white collared shirt, a waistcoat, a black jacket, plaid pants, and shoes, sitting on a bench. He carries a stick in his left hand and wraps his right arm around the African American woman’s neck and kisses her cheek. The woman, attired in a long-sleeved dress and apron, sits next to the man on the bench. She holds a flower in her hand on her lap and smiles. In the house behind the bench, a man, a woman, and a boy look down and smile at the couple from the second story window. In the left, a boy, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants with a suspender, sits on the wooden fence with his back turned to the viewer. In the foreground is a dog scratching its ear., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - They [P.2017.95.209]

Title: United we stand. Divided we fall
Description: Racist, satiric trade card specimen depicting in two panels an African American man knocking down two African American children eating a candy stick by opening the cellar doors they were sitting on. In the left panel, shows caricatures portrayed with exaggerated features of two barefooted African American children sitting on top of slanted cellar doors. In the left, the boy, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants with suspenders, holds a striped candy stick in his mouth. In the right, the girl, attired in a bonnet and a dress, shares the same candy stick and sucks the opposite end in her mouth above the caption, “united we stand.” In the right panel, an African American man has come up from inside the cellar and stands holding both doors open in his hands. He is attired in a white shirt, a striped vest, striped pants, and a cap, and holds a pipe in his mouth. The boy has been thrown off of the door and lies in the left on the ground with the candy stick still in his mouth. The girl has also been flung from the top of the door and lies on the ground beside the cellar with only her feet and left hand visible, as the caption reads, “divided we fall.”, Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - United [P.2017.95.210]

Title: Which wi[ll let go] first, the dog or the darkey
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting caricatures of two African American men stealing watermelons from a farm. Shows the barefooted, African American man, attired in a long-sleeved shirt and ragged pants, carrying a watermelon under each arm as he tries to get over a wooden fence. He has a fearful expression on his face as a dog has ripped and holds the back of his pants in its mouth. Another barefooted, African American man, attired in a long-sleeved shirt and striped pants, opens his mouth in alarm as he has fallen over the fence and landed face down with his legs in the air. The pieces of a smashed watermelon lie on the ground beside him. In the right background is a house and a white man, attired in a hat and carrying a rifle, moving towards the fence., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Which [P.2017.95.211]

Title: Yes you!
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel playing a banjo. Shows the African American man minstrel portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white collared shirt, a blue bowtie with white polka dots, a white jacket with orange polka dots and tails, yellow pants with blue and white stripes, and black shoes. He lifts his left leg up and sticks his tongue out as he strums on the banjo., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Series number printed on recto: 58., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Yes [P.2017.95.211x]

Title: [African American woman being courted by an African American man suitor as a dog bites his pants]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting caricatures of an African American woman being courted by an African American man suitor as a dog bites his pants. In the left, the African American woman, attired in a straw hat decorated with a green ribbon and bow; gold hoop earrings; a ruffled, blue-checked dress with white sleeves and blue polka dots; and white shoes, stands with her back to the suitor. She carries a red book in her left hand and places her index finger on her right hand to her lips as she looks pensively down at the suitor. In the right, the barefooted, African American man, attired in a white top hat decorated with a black band, a white shirt with an oversized collar, a red bowtie, and yellow overalls with red stripes and suspenders, kneels as he looks up at the woman with his hands out. A small, white and brown dog with a brown collar bites and pulls at the seat of the man’s pants., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 1 [P.2017.95.212]

Title: [African American man playing the cello]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel playing the cello. Shows the African American man minstrel, attired in a white collared shirt, a striped jacket, polka-dotted pants, and shoes, sitting on a wooden stool and playing the cello. He smiles at the viewer as he picks the strings near the neck of the instrument with his left hand and runs a bow along the strings at the lower body of it with his right hand. In the background behind his head is an open book of sheet music., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Printed in blue ink., Text stamped on recto: No. 478, 4 designs, price $1.55 per 1000., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 2 [P.2017.95.213]

Title: [African American man minstrel playing a drum]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel drummer. Shows the man, in near profile, smiling and beating drumsticks on a drum strapped to his chest. He is attired in black shoes; pants with a stripe; a white jacket with flowers and long tails, with large buttons; a white ruffled shirt with a high collar; and a white top hat with a black band., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Printed in blue ink., Text stamped on recto: [No.] 478, 4 designs, price $1.55 per 1000., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 3 [P.2017.95.214]

Title: [African American girl laughing with an infant on her lap]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American girl laughing with an infant on her lap. In the right, shows the African American girl, attired in a red and white checked dress, sitting on the floor. She tilts her head back in laughter as she holds a white infant, attired in a white layette and a triangular paper hat. In the left, a blond-haired white girl, attired in a white dress and red shoes, looks on., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 4 [P.2017.95.215]

Title: [African American domestics holding a white sheet]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting caricatures of two smiling African American domestics portrayed with exaggerated features and holding a white sheet. In the left, shows an African American man, attired in hoop earrings; a blue and white striped collared shirt; a red vest; purple pants; yellow striped socks; and black shoes with buckles, holding two corners of a white sheet in his hands. A red and green feather duster lies on the ground at his feet. In the right, an African American woman, attired in a yellow head kerchief with red dots; hoop earrings; a white, beaded necklace; a white, short-sleeved shirt; a pink vest; a blue skirt; white socks; and yellow shoes with red bows, holds the opposite two corners of the sheet. A broom rests against her right shoulder., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 5 [P.2017.95.216]

Title: [White woman being carried on a candy stick by a white man jockey and an African American man]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a white woman sitting on a candy stick being carried by a white man jockey and an African American man. Shows the blond-haired, white woman, attired in a white hat decorated with a green band and red feather; spectacles; a white collared shirt; a red bowtie; and a green jacket and skirt, sitting on top of an oversized, striped red and yellow candy stick. She holds reins in both of her hands that are wrapped around the white man jockey, attired in a white and yellow striped jockey cap; a white collared shirt; a blue bowtie; a red jacket; beige breeches; and black boots, who is carrying the front of the candy stick on his right shoulder. The African American man, portrayed in caricature and attired in a white top hat with a blue band; a white bowtie; a blue jacket; a yellow waistcoat and pants; white socks; and buckled shoes, carries the back end of the candy stick on his right shoulder., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 6 [P.2017.95.217]

Title: [African American man minstrel dancing]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel dancing. Shows the African American man, portrayed with exaggerated features and spindly arms and legs, attired in a white shirt with an oversized collar, a blue tie, a green jacket with tails, green pants, and white shoes. He smiles broadly with his arms pointed down and out to the sides and his left foot back in a dance step., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 7 [P.2017.95.218]

Title: [African American man minstrel dancing with a cigar]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel dancing. Shows the African American man, portrayed with exaggerated features and spindly arms and legs, attired in a black top hat, white gloves, a white collared shirt, a red tie, a brown jacket, orange pants, and black shoes. He sways to the left and places his left hand on his hip. He crosses his right arm across his body and holds a lit cigar between his fingers. His right foot comes forward in a dance step., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 8 [P.2017.95.219]

Title: [African American man minstrel]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel dancing. Shows the African American man, portrayed with exaggerated features and spindly arms and legs, attired in a black top hat with a peacock feather, yellow gloves, a white shirt with an oversized collar, a yellow and black striped bowtie, a green jacket with tails, pink leggings, and black shoes. He smiles at the viewer with both hands out to his sides and his left foot forward in a dance step., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 9 [P.2017.95.220]

Title: Who's dar?
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man eating honeycomb in a bear’s cave. Shows the barefooted African American man portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a red collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and blue pants with the cuffs rolled up to his knees. He sits on the ground inside a cave and smiles as he holds a large piece of honeycomb in his hands. In the right are many large pieces of honeycomb. In the background, the back of a bear is visible climbing out of the cave through an opening above and to the right of the man's head., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Series number printed on recto: 24., Copyright statement printed on recto: Copyright., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 10 [P.2017.95.221]

Title: [African American infant sitting on a blanket]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American infant girl sitting on a blanket. Shows the African American infant, attired in a white dress with pink checks, sitting on top of a pink and yellow blanket. She looks and smiles at the viewer and holds the skirt of her dress in her hands. She sits in a field with sunflowers behind her., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 11 [P.2017.95.222]

Title: [African American man minstrel playing the flute]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel playing the flute. Shows the African American man minstrel portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a hat; a ruffled, white shirt with an oversized collar; a plaid jacket with tails; pants with a black stripe, and black shoes. He sits on a wooden stool and blows on the flute, which he holds up to his mouth in both hands. In front of him is a music stand with sheet music on it., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Printed in red ink., Text stamped on recto: No. 478, 4 designs, price $1.55 per 1000., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 12 [P.2017.95.223]

Title: [African American man at the window with a white cloth]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man holding a white cloth out of the window. Shows the African American man portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white collared shirt with red stripes and a blue vest. He stands at an open window with his head and upper torso outside of the building and holds a white cloth in both hands, which hangs out of the window. The exterior of the building is yellow brick., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 13 [P.2017.95.224]

Title: [African American woman at the window with a white cloth on a clothesline]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American woman at the window with a white cloth on a clothesline. Shows the African American woman portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a red, patterned head kerchief; a blue and red shawl; and a blue shirt. She leans her elbows on the sill of the open window and rests her head in her hands as she looks directly at the viewer. Outside of the window is a white cloth hung with clothespins on a clothesline. The exterior of the building is red brick., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 14 [P.2017.95.225]

Title: [African American man on a mule-drawn plow]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man on mule-drawn plow. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat and a blue, plaid jacket and pants, sitting on top of a plow. He holds the lever to the plow in his right hand and the reins to the mule pulling the plow in his left hand. The mule is kicking its back legs into the air because three pigs are running around it. Trees are visible in the background., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Series number printed on recto: 468., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 15 [P.2017.95.226]

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