Trade card promoting Albert & Bayley shoes and depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy pushing a wheelbarrow on a cobblestone street. The boy is barefoot and attired in a buttoned shirt with an open collar and the sleeves rolled up, striped shorts, and a hat with a long tassle. The wheelbarrow contains a giant-size pair of boots decorated with an American flag near the pull strap. Albert & Bayley had a shoe store at 449 Broad Steet, Newark, N.J. from 1883 to 1885., Title from item., Name of publisher and date from copyright statement: Copyright by Henry Seifert A.D. 1883., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
Date
1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Albert & Bayley [P.2017.95.3]
