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Title: Pennsylvania at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915
Description: Photograph album containing twenty-seven captioned views of Pennsylvania's contributions to the world's fair held in San Francisco, February 20-December 4, 1915. A number of the images include persons and groups of people posed in front of the Liberty Bell, which traveled nation wide on train from Philadelphia to the fair. Photographs include: "Pennsylvania Building"; "Corner of the Pennsylvania Garden"; "Corner of the Pennsylvania Bldg showing Plaque"; "Mural Pennsylvania Bldg. Steel Industry, Edward Trumbull";"Mural Pennsylvania Bldg. Penn's Treaty, Edward Trumbull"; "The Chinese Commission to the Exposition" in front of the Liberty Bell; "Gentlemen's Rest Room" in the Pennsylvania Building; "Education Day, October 11. 1915" showing young girls attired in "stars and stripes" dresses dancing; "Education Day, October 11. 1915" showing a woman attired as "Liberty" surrounded by young girls attired in "stars and stripes" dresses and standing in front of the Liberty Bell; "Great Grand Daughter of Gen. Putnam" by the Liberty Bell; "Ex Gov. John K. Tenor delivering address Dedication Day, March 18, 1915"; "Vice Pres. Fairbanks delivering address Dedication Day; "Judge William Bailey Lamar U.S. Repr. delivering address Dedication Day"; "Mr. Thomas A. Edison" by Liberty Bell; "A group of Chinese girls" by Liberty Bell; "Mr. Henry Ford" by Liberty Bell; Pennsylvania "Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh and Official Party" by Liberty Bell; Pennsylvania "Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh delivering address Pennsylvania Day, September 4, 1915; "Senator E.L. Tustin delivering address Pennsylvania Day, September 4, 1915";, "Judge Win Bailey Lamar U.S. Repr. delivering address Pennsylvania Day"; "Vice Pres Ruben B. Hale of P.P.J.E. delivering address Pennsylvania Day"; "Senator Boies Penrose" at Liberty Bell; "Farwell to the Liberty Bell, November 10, 1915"; "Philadelphia Officers 'Guards to the Liberty Bell"; "Chief Little Bear" at Liberty Bell; "Arrival of the Liberty Bell at the Pennsylvania Bldg"; and "Arrival of the Liberty Bell at the Pennsylvania Bldg.", Photograph titled, "The Chinese Commission to the Exposition," depicts nine Chinese men and one white man posed in front of the Liberty Bell behind a metal barrier. The men are attired in suits, some holding bowler hats in their hands, except one older Chinese man who wears a white mustache and is attired in a changshan and a round hat. The Liberty Bell is decorated with flowers and sits on a platform draped in an American flag. Four flags, including two American flags, are on flagpoles flanking the bell. Partial view of men and women spectators in the background. Photograph titled, "A group of Chinese girls," depicts six Chinese women posed in front of the Liberty Bell. In the center, the Liberty Bell is displayed on a platform that is draped with an American flag. Two women sit on the platform, and four women stand. Five of the women are attired in white tunics with Mandarin collars, dark-colored skirts, and lace-up, heeled boots, and several of the women wear necklaces and brooches. The woman in the right is attired in a long-sleeved white shirt, a quilted, dark-colored tunic with a Mandarin collar and matching quilted pants, a bracelet, and lace-up, heeled boots., Title and date from manuscript note on first page of album., See related: Rau Collection [P.9520.1] and photo - unid. -events [P.9520.2-8].
Date: [1915]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2022.2]

Title: [Front facade to Lubin's nickeleon movie theater]
Description: Shows the front facade to one of the motion picture theaters built for Philadelphia motion picture entrepreneur Siegmund Lubin. The exterior of the theater is heavily decorated with architectural ornaments, predominately female figures. In the center, shows the ticket booth with a sign that reads, "Lubin's 5¢." There are four sets of double doors. Above the doors in the left is a sign reading, "Entrance to Theatre. Box Office" with a finger pointing left. An African American man, attired in a cap, a white collared shirt, tie, and suit jacket and pants, holds a broom and stands in between the first two sets of doors. A second broom leans against the wall beside him. In the left is a door that reads on the glass, "Filling's Wine Room." Adjacent building in the right has two visible signs, "Der Doo" and a partial view showing "Chinese" probably a Chinese restaurant. Der Doo (1874-1929?) emigrated from China to Baltimore in 1900. He opened Chinese restaurants in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. He served as president of the Chinese Reform Association, which sought to repress the opium trade., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
Date: [ca. 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - theatres [P.9260.450]

Title: For…colds, sore throat, headache, neuralgia. Now is the time of year when catarrah troubles you!
Description: Advertisement for a patent medicine and depicting a group of Japanese men, women, and children. Shows in the right from top to bottom, the man, attired in a purple kimono, wearing a large red mask; woman, attired in a blue kimono with a red obi, holding a wooden paddle in her right hand; and woman, attired in a purple kimono with a red obi, carrying a baby on her back who is waving. In the left from top to bottom, boy, attired in a blue kimono, running, holding a wooden paddle in his right hand, and carrying a baby on his back who holds a rod with a red square on a string; boy, attired in a purple kimono, playing with a top; woman, attired in a blue kimono with a red obi, carrying sticks in each hand; and man, attired in a blue kimono, lounging on his side while a boy, attired in a purple kimono, plays. Advertising text is in the center and includes a bust-length portrait of a white woman holding an inhaler in her left hand. Clarence N. Hooks (1856-1935) began a mercantile business in Felchville, Vermont in 1882. The firm Hook & Burnham was formed in 1893 with George D. Burnham and continued until 1903., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the advertised business., Text printed on recto: For…colds, sore throat, headache, neuralgia. Now is the time of year when catarrah troubles you! Cushman’s menthol inhaler is an ingenious device, highly recommended by the most eminent medical authorities, consisting of a glass tube four inches long, one-half inch in diameter, filled with crystals of pure menthol in such a manner as to allow free passage of air through them The mentholized air being inhaled through the nose penetrates to the remotest recesses of the nasal passages and gives prompt relief. By continual use it is a sure cure of catarrh, headache, facial neuralgia, colds, catarrh and hay fever. The mentholized air inhaled by the mouth reaches the larynx, bronchial tubes and the very air cells of the lungs, curing croup, sore throat, asthma and bronchitis. Menthol is to-day the acknowledged antiseptic and germicide for internal use. It is the only known remedy that will destroy the germs, spores, bacteria and such minute organisms without injury to the patient. It is so volatile, and separates into such minute particles, that there is no hiding place so diminutive for a disease germ which an atom of menthol does not seek out. It is pleasant to use. Not injurious. Is neat; can be carried in the pocket. No bottle to break; no spoon to bother with. It is not a patent medicine, but a well-known remedy, endorsed by the very highest medical authority. Costs but 50 cents and lasts a year. Cushman’s menthol inhaler!! Costs 50 cents. Lasts a year. Compliments of C.N. Hook, Dealer in dry goods, groceries, etc., Felchville, Vt., Gift of William H. Helfand., See related: Graphic Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection - Series II - Advertisements [P.2010.37.71-72].
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Graphic Popular Medicine Print Collection - Advertisements [P.2012.29.58]

Title: F.P. Louderbough, graduate in pharmacy, cor. Tenth & Jefferson Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Trade card promoting pharmacist F.P. Louderbough and depicting racist caricatures of two Chinese men and a crane. In the left, shows the Chinese man, attired in a yellow robe with a red sash around the waist, standing and holding a pot by the handle in his right hand. To the right, the Chinese man, wearing a mustache and goatee and attired in a black hat, yellow robe, and a pink shirt with long sleeves, holds a bowl towards a crane. Decorative border surrounds the scene., Title from item., Dare inferred from content., Series no. on recto: 1700., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Louderbough [P.9828.6373]

Title: F.P. Louderbough, graduate in pharmacy, cor. Tenth & Jefferson Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Trade card promoting pharmacist F.P. Louderbough and depicting racist caricatures of Japanese acrobats. Shows four barefooted, Japanese men, attired in red patterned kimonos, balancing, swinging, and flipping on two bamboo beams., Title from item., Dare inferred from content., Series no. on recto: 1700., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Louderbough [P.9828.6374]

Title: L.C. Smith, druggist, (successor to A.W. Rice), Rockville, Conn. Drugs, medicines, toilet requisites, etc., etc. prescriptions compounded day or night. Prices the lowest. Goods strictly pure
Description: Trade card promoting druggist Louis C. Smith and depicting racist caricatures of Chinese men being attacked by dogs. In the left foreground, shows a large dog chained to a doghouse. The Chinese man, wearing a queue hairstyle, a blue tunic and pants, and white, slip-on shoes, looks at the dog in fear. In the right, a Chinese man runs away with his queue flying behind him. In the background, a Chinese man, his back to the viewer, screams and raises both arms up as a white dog bites his bottom. Text written in pidgin English below the image: What d’yer soy? Ha! Ha! John Chinaman he eatie doggie., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Copyright statement printed on recto: Copyrighted, Bufford, Boston., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Smith [P.9828.6842]

Title: Laque de Chine
Description: Trade card promoting druggist John H. Sheehan & Co. and depicting a scene of two Chinese men painting. In the left, show the Chinese man, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a blue cap, blue robe, and blue, slip-on shoes. He sits on a bench in front of an easel and paints. In the right, the Chinese man, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a green, patterned robe, stands and lacquers a vase. Also in the room are a red lantern, screen, and side table with a blue jar. In the background is a river with boats and a pagoda on the shoreline., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed on verso: John H. Sheehan, Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Pefumery and Toilett (sic) Articles, 167 Genesee Street, Utica, N.Y., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC, See related: P.9828.6766.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Sheehan [P.9828.6777]

Title: Japon
Description: Trade card promoting druggist John H. Sheehan & Co. and depicting a scene of a Japanese woman and a samurai holding a flag. In the right, the Japanese woman, wearing her hair up with Kanzashi hair ornaments and attired in a multi-colored kimono and yellow shoes, stands and reaches her right hand out towards the man. In the left, the Japanese samurai, attired in a helmet and armor, stands and holds a Japanese flag on a flagpole. A cherry tree with pink flowers grows in the background. In the top left corner is a crest with a Japanese flag., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed on verso: John H. Sheehan, Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Pefumery and Toilett (sic) Articles, 167 Genesee Street, Utica, N.Y., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC, See related: P.9828.6777.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Sheehan [P.9828.6766]

Title: Japan
Description: Trade card promoting coffee manufacturers Arbuckle Brothers and depicting Japanese men acrobats, jugglers, and dancers in a festival. In the left, shows a Japanese man acrobat wearing a chonmage hairstyle, a white headband, a pink kimono, and pink pants. He balances upside down on a flagpole with a pink banner and holds a fan in his right hand. In the right, a Japanese man, wearing a blue kimono, juggles a bottle and bowls. In the center is a fan with a vignette depicting three barefooted Japanese men, attired in black hats, yellow shirts, and blue pants, dancing holding branches. A Japanese man stands, attired in a black hat and green shirt, and holds a pink banner on a pole. Arbuckle's Coffee was founded by brothers John and Charles Arbuckle following the Civil War. The company was one of the first to sell roasted coffee and to place it in one pound packages. Arbuckle often included trade cards in the packages., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright, 1893, by Arbuckle Bros. N.Y., Series no. on verso: No. 34., Advertising text on verso: Grind your coffee at home…. Japan. The Japanese have the most advance civilization of any nation on Asiatic soil. Indeed in some regards they are even more advanced than the proudest of western countries. But in many ways they are ludicrously far behind. They cling to ancient forms of government and the Mikado is an autocrat, absolute almost over the life and death of his subjects. A country which yields such power to the individual, can never hope to work out its highest possibilities. So even the sports and pastimes of such a nation can never be the spontaneous expression of the animal spirits of the young of that land. Juggling is a fine art in Japan. Beside the Japanese juggler, the man of legerdemain of other countries is a clumsy bungler. The feats performed by the former are beyond all comparison. To achieve such dexterity, it may well be presumed that the wizard has been taught from earliest childhood. In fact the jugglers are sometimes a caste, so that the child often starts with the hereditary traits of forefather in the same line, and of the added experience of these. Of the acrobats of Japan who are also super-eminent much the same can be said. One would scarcely believe that the human body could be so sinuous and might be so contorted at will. The Japanese Festivals or Feasts are frequent. The main celebrations are held after dark; then fireworks are displayed, and lanterns are hung. These latter transform the most commonplace scenes into fairyland. The dancing indulged in on these occasions in most picturesque. As the figures flit from light into dark and back again, they form scenes never to be forgotten. The Japanese wrestlers are world-famed, and their contests are most skillful. This is one of a series of Fifty (50) cards giving a pictorial History of Sports and Pastimes of all Nations., RVCDC
Date: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Arbuckle [P.2025.35.1]

Title: Geo. F. Woods, druggist and apothecary, dealer in fancy goods, Bellows Falls, Ct Soda and mineral waters on draught and in package
Description: Trade cards promoting druggist George F. Woods and depicting an Asian man looking at a statue of an Asian woman in a park. Shows an Asian man, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a conical hat, patterned tunic and matching pants, and shoes. He stands behind a fence and looks at a statue of a barefooted woman, wearing a headpiece and attired in a sarong with her breasts exposed, on a pedestal. She holds a fan with a long handle in her right hand and gestures with her left hand. Also visible are a palm tree, potted plant, and a path., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., See related: P.9828.7151., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Wood [P.9828.7149-7150]

Title: Major E. Newell, with Genl. Tom Thumb's Museum. H.R. Jacobs, manager
Description: Die cut trade card in the shape of a painting palette. Promotes General Tom Thumb's Museum, a variety company tour, and depicts Edmund Newell, known as Major E. Newell, attired in four costumes. In the top, shows Newell in yellowface impersonating a Chinese man, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a blue tunic and pants and black cloth slip-on shoes. He lifts his left leg up; places his right hand on his hip; and holds a red fan in his left hand. Tom Thumb, born Charles Sherwood Stratton, and Edmund Newell, also known as Major E. Newell and General Grant Jr., were people with dwarfism who toured with P.T. Barnum. Newell married Minnie Warren, whose sister, Lavinia Warren, was married to Tom Thumb., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Advertising text printed on verso: General Tom Thumb and his charming little wife with entire troupe. Horticultural Hall positively two weeks only Sept. 25 to Oct. 7th. Every afternoon & evening. Skatorial champion. Major Newell, the impersonator; Zoe Meleke, and her performing canary birds; Whiston, humorist and great facial artist; marvelous midget; Bingham, ventriloquist & illusionist with a congress of brilliants., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Horticultural [1975.F.651]

Title: Chas. Richardson, dealer in fine groceries, butter, eggs, flour, lard, fruit & poultry in season, s.e. cor. Belgrade & Crease Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Trade card promoting grocer Charles Richardson and showing a man clerk helping two women shopping in the grocery store. The man stands behind the counter and holds a scoop to weigh the product on a scale. Two women shoppers stand in the right, one holding a basket. In the left is an advertising statue of a Chinese man wearing a long mustache and attired in a cap; long-sleeved, mandarin collared shirt; balloon pants, and cloth slip-on shoes. The statue is on a pedestal with Chinese characters. Products displayed for sale include a ham, barrel of oil, and brooms., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Purchased 2015., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - Richardson [P.2015.56.717]

Title: Sharpless & Sons, Philadelphia
Description: Trade card promoting dry goods merchant Sharpless & Sons and depicting a Chinese boy sitting on an oversized fan. Shows the boy, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a blue robe with red trim and a green sash around the waist, green stockings, and slip-on shoes, sitting with his back to the viewer on a large fan. The gold hand fan is decorated with a bird and flowers. Chinese characters are written in the left. Sharpless & Sons were importers, jobbers, and retailers of dry goods that operated from 801, 803, 805, & 807 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Purchased 2015., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - Sharpless [P.2015.56.774]

Title: McCless 1417 Chestnut St., (above Broad), fine arts! French plate mirrors
Description: Trade card promoting fine art dealer and mirror merchant J.E. McCless and depicting a caricaturized Japanese man pointing to a sign with the advertising text. In the center, the man, wearing a chonmage hairstyle and attired in a purple kimono with white and green trim, a black jacket with gold trim, and sandals stands and points to a wooden sign with advetising text., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business advertised., Purchased 2015.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - McCless [P.2015.56.576]

Title: Use Muzzy's starch
Description: Trade card promoting Elkhart Starch Company and depicting a racist caricature of a Chinese man laundry worker holding up a shirt to a white family. Shows the family standing in the right, including the white man, attired in a brown bowler hat, a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a brown-checked suit, holding a walking stick; the white woman attired in a yellow and pink hat and a blue dress with a red bow; and the white girl, attired in a yellow hat and a red and blue dress, holding a small box. In the left, the Chinese man, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a blue tunic and blue pants with yellow accents, stands behind a table with an iron and ironing board on top of it. He holds up a white shirt, which shows the reflection of the white woman. A basket full of laundry is on the ground. In the background is a stove and a clothesline of white shirts and clothes. A.L. Muzzy built the Muzzy & Sage Mill in Elkhart, Indiana in 1870. Albert R. Beardsley (1847-1924) purchased the mill in 1878 and founded the Elkhart Starch Company. The Company was bought by the National Starch in 1893., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business advertised., Advertising text printed on verso: "Be sure to use Muzzy's Corn Starch." Includes six recipes, including for sponge pudding, creamy pudding sauce, Salem pudding, scolloped oysters, oyster pie, and butter scotch., Gift of Linda Kimiko August., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade cards - Muzzy [P.2023.43.3]

Title: Boston boot and shoe and gents’ furnishing house, also, a fine line of hats, caps, trunks, valises &c. At no. 253 South Clark St., near Jackson, Chicago. L. F. Shanovski, - proprietor
Description: Trade card promoting L.F. Shanovski’s shoe store and depicting a racist caricature of a Chinese man upset that a cat has taken a rat from his plate. Shows the man, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in red pants and brown cloth slip-on shoes, holding a large white plate across his chest and a pair of chopsticks in his right hand. He opens his mouth upset that a cat is taking a dead rat from his plate. Louis F. Shanovski was born in Germany and moved to Chicago in the early 1870s, opening a shoe store in circa 1877. The firm L.F. Shanovski and Bro. dissolved in 1899., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business advertised., Gift of Linda Kimiko August., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade cards - Shanovski, L.F. [P.2023.43.1]

Title: Old processee starchee no goodee. It smellee rots & makee shirts yellee.” "I will never use any other but the New Process Starch." New Process Starch. Manufactured only by the Firmenich Manufacturing Company, Peoria, Ill
Description: Trade card promoting Firmenich Manufacturing Company and depicting a racist caricature of a Chinese man laundry worker contrasted in a split panel with a white women doing laundry. In the left, the Chinese man, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a white tunic and pants and blue cloth slip-on shoes, stands and irons a shirt on a table. He speaks in pidgin English, “Old processee starchee no goodee. It smelle rots and make shirts yellee.” On the floor are two boxes of “Old Process Gloss Starch.” On the table is a bowl of steaming water. A teapot heats on the stove behind him, and clothes hang on the clothesline. In the right, the white woman, attired in a pink dress with a white bow around the neck and white cuffs, stands behind the table ironing. She says, “I will never use any other but the new process starch.” A young white boy hands her a box of “New Process” starch, and two additional boxes lie on the floor in the right. On the table is a bowl of water. A tea kettle steams behind her on the stove. Buildings are visible through a window in the background. Dr. Joseph Firmenich (1828-1903) started a starch company with his two sons, George and Frank. The Firmenich Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1884. The Company opened a glucose plant in Marshalltown, Iowa in 1887. The Company operating into the 20th century., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business advertised., Advertising text printed on verso: New process starch. This starch is manufactured by a new process, with pure spring water. The light starch and gluten usually found in other starches, especially if made from white corn, are entirely removed and manufactured into other articles. The patents of this process are owned solely by this company. We guarantee all our starch perfectly pure and sweet. This starch, having the light starch and gluten removed, one-third less can be used than any other in the market. Ask your grocer for the new process gloss and corn starch and take no other. Manufactured only by the Firmenich Manufacturing Company. Peoria, Ill., Gift of Linda Kimiko August., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade cards – Firmenich [P.2023.43.2]

Title: Parade, Li Hung Chang's visit to Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of the parade celebrating the arrival of Chinese statesmen, diplomat, and military general Li Hongzhang (1823-1901) in Philadelphia on September 3, 1896. Shows members of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, attired in uniform, and riding on horseback in rows. Crowds of men and women spectators stand on the sidewalk and street to watch. In the right, people are visible standing on awnings and ledges and peering out of windows from the buildings lining the street. Several trolleys and carriages are parked in the right. Li Hongzhang traveled extensively in 1896, visiting Russia, Britain, Europe, the United States, and Canada to promote Chinese diplomatic interests and trade. He arrived in Philadelphia at the Germantown Junction train station on September 3, 1896. Hongzhang and other members of his party then traveled by carriage in a parade procession accompanied by police on bicycles and on horseback, members of the Reception Committee in carriages, and the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, attired in uniform and on horseback. They journeyed to Independence Hall, then to Market Street, past City Hall, and down Broad Street., Title printed on mount., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1897 by B.W. Kilburn., Photographer's imprint printed on verso: Photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H., Pink curved mount with rounded corners., Gift of Linda Kimiko August, 2024., See related: Stereo - Kilburn - Processions [P.2024.31.2].
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Processions [P.2024.31.1]

Title: Roland S. Morris, new ambassador to Japan, given farewell luncheon
Description: Portrait photograph showing the newly appointed United States Ambassador to Japan Roland S. Morris with Japanese and American guests at a luncheon before his trip to Japan at the Hotel Astor in New York on September 20, 1917. The seven men sit and stand outside in front of stones, shrubs, and flowers. Seated in the front are Japanese Consul General Yudo, Ambassador Roland Morris, and Hamilton Holt. Standing in a row behind them are Alcan Hirsch, Toyokichi Iyenaga, Sidney Gulick, and Jōkichi Takamine. Roland S. Morris (1874-1945) founded the Philadelphia-based law firm Duane Morris and served as the Ambassador to Japan from 1917 to 1920., Title and date from label on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso mostly covered by label pasted on top of it. [Underwood & Und]erwood, N.Y. [illegible] rented or loaned [illegible] use only [illegible] used for advertising [illegible] written permission., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: Central Press Ass'n, Reference Dept., Sept. 23 1917. No. [A-949]., Series no. on negative: S.226596., Typewritten label pasted on verso: Roland S. Morris, new ambassador to Japan, given farewell luncheon. Mr. Roland S. Morris, recently appointed Ambassador to Japan, was tendered a farewell luncheon by prominent Japanese and friends at the Hotel Astor, New York City on the eve of his departure for his new post. In the group are from left to right (sitting) Consul General Yudo, Mr. Roland S. Morris, and Mr. Hamilton Holt, (standing) Dr. Alcon(sic) Hirsch, Dr. Iyenaga and Mr. Tokonino (sic). Ambassador Morris succeeds the late George W. Guthrie who died at his post. His body was brought back to America on a Japanese warship. Ambassador Morris is a distinguished Philadelphia lawyer.
Creator: Underwood & Underwood, photographers
Date: September 20, 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs – occupations - ambassadors [P.2024.17.2]

Title: Day's soap does it Washee, washee, see him rub on his washboard in the tub; see him wash and smile with glee for he's from hard labor free; with Day's soap his work is done when his rivals just begun
Description: Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyrighted 1887 by Day & Frick., Racist metamorphic trade card showing a caricaturized Chinese man laundry worker washing a sheet on a wash board in a washtub. Includes a tab that when pulled lifts the washer's arms up and down to reveal the text "Day Soap" on the wash board. The man wears his hair in a queue and is attired in a long-sleeved, blue collared shirt with buttons down the front, blue pants, and slip-on, cloth shoes. He smiles and looks to the right. The tub rests on a table beside a bar of soap, labeled “Day’s Soap.” On the ground behind the table is a basket of laundry. Sheets hang on a drying line. In the background, the wall has Chinese-stylized decorations including a gold wallpaper depicting birds and fish and a purple and gold wall hanging that reads, “Day’s Soap.” Peter Day founded the Day & Frick soap manufactory firm in 1886. He retired as president of the firm in 1917., Purchased with funds from the Walter J. Miller Trust for the Visual Culture Program., RVCDC, John D. Avil founded the Avil Printing Company (also known as John D. Avil & Co.) in West Philadelphia and managed it from the early 1860s until his death in 1918.
Date: [1887]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Day's [P.2012.62.8]

Title: The tables turned You sabe him! Kealney must go!
Description: Political cartoon depicting racist caricatures of Chinese workers heckling Workingmen's Party of California leader Denis Kearney, who is in prison. In the right, shows Kearney, attired in a black-and-white-striped prison uniform with a ball and chain on his ankle, standing and grasping the bars of his cell, which is labeled, “House of Correction, 181.” In the left, a group of Chinese men workers, wearing queue hairstyles and attired in caps and hats, tunics, pants, and cloth slip-on shoes, sit and stand amongst baskets, including two filled with fish. They hold out to Kearney products associated with their employment, including a laundry worker carrying a washboard and offering socks with holes; a fishmonger holding crabs and a fish labeled, “Black Friday,” on a stick; and a man with a cigar in his mouth holding out a bundle of cigars. They mock him in pidgin English, “you sabe him? Kealney must go!” in reference to Kearney’s slogan that he ended every speech with: “The Chinese must go.” In the top left pinned to the wall is a depiction of a donkey and a cart, possibly alluding to Kearney’s draying business. Denis Kearney (1847-1907) was an Irish immigrant who lead the Workingmen’s Party of California on a platform of anti-Chinese hate, blaming the Chinese immigrants for low wages and job scarcity. He was imprisoned in 1877 for inciting a riot., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed on recto: Copyright secured., RVCDC
Date: [ [ca. 1877]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons - 1877 - Tables [P.2025.44]

Title: [Return of 28th Division parade in Philadelphia, welcome home, passing Independence Hall May 15, 1919]
Description: Photograph depicting soldiers of the 28th Division of the Army marching past Independence Hall at 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia at the homecoming parade on May 15, 1919. Shows the soldiers carrying rifles and marching in formation down the street. In the right, spectators sit in bleachers and watch the parade. A banner on the post of the bleachers reads, "Boureuilles." American and Allied flags, including a Japanese flag, decorate the buildings. Police officers stand flanking the parade route. A photographer takes photographs standing on a stone urn on the sidewalk in the left. The 28th Infantry Division represents the Pennsylvania National Guard and was also called the "Iron Division" and “Keystone Division.” The Division served in World War I, including at the Battle of Chateau-Thierry., Title and date from manuscript note written on verso., See related: photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.44-51].
Date: May 15, 1919
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.45]

Title: [General John Joseph Pershing greeting women representing Allied Nations at Independence Hall]
Description: Photograph depicting General John J. Pershing greeting women dressed as Allied nations at Independence Hall during the General's visit to Philadelphia on September 12, 1919. Shows Pershing, attired in uniform, smiling with his left hand out as he greets the women representing the Allied nations standing in the left. The women each hold large national flags on flagpoles. A woman, dressed as Britannia in a helmet and Union Jack dress, smiles at the General. In the left, partially obscured by a flag, is a woman attired in a floral print kimono representing Japan, who holds a Japanese flag. Mayor Thomas Smith walks behind the General holding his top hat in his right hand. Police officers stand in front of a crowd of spectators. General John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948) served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War One from 1917 to 1920. His visit to Philadelphia on September 12, 1919, included a parade, receiving a medal, planting a memorial tree, presenting colors to cadets at Wanamaker's store, visiting Independence Hall, and a speech at the Union League. Thomas B. Smith was the Mayor of Philadelphia from 1916 until 1920., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note written on verso., See related: photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.52-61].
Date: September 12, 1919
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.53]

Title: W.T. Hanson & Co., prescription druggists, 195 State Street, Schenectady, N.Y
Description: Trade card promoting druggist W.T. Hanson & Co. and depicting a caricaturized Japanese boy playing with puppets. In the center, the boy, attired in a multi-colored, patterned kimono, geta shoes, and a cap with a red ribbon, holds a puppet in each hand. The puppet in the left is a Japanese woman, wearing her hair tied up and attired in a multi-colored, patterned kimono. The puppet in the right is a Japanese man attired in a conical hat and a multi-colored, patterned kimono. Willis Tracy Hanson, Sr. (1858-1933) founded W.T. Hanson & Co. in 1879., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the advertised business., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand., See related: Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection [P.9828.4586].
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - H [P.9828.6079]

Title: [Chas. McKeone & Son Soap Manufacturing Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Chas. McKeone & Son Manufacturing Co. at 2518-2550 Callowhill Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a dog biting and pulling the pants of a white boy carrying a basket of fruit while another white boy climbs a stone wall to escape; a white child sitting on a pile of blankets with their pet dog beside an open doorway; a white boy hanging with his shirt caught on a tree branch while another white boy looks on with a basket on fruit at his feet; a white woman cradling a baby on her lap. Racist card depicting white women, an African American woman, and Chinese men working in a laundry room. In the center, a white woman and an African American woman, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in an orange head kerchief, a red dress, and a white checked apron, stand beside a wash basin and hold up a white cloth. A well-dress white woman comes over to inspect the cloth. In the left, a Chinese man, wearing a queue and mustache and attired in a black cap, a blue shirt, tan pants, and slip-on, cloth shoes, holds up and inspects a box of "McKeone's Extract of Soap." Behind him in the background, another Chinese man, wearing a queue and attired in a yellow shirt, washes a white cloth in a steaming wash basin. In the right, a white woman carries a basket of clothes and another white woman washes laundry in a wash basin and looks on at the scene. Also visible are wooden crates, a basket of laundry, and a drying rack filled with clothes., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.620] printed by E. Ketterlinus & Co., Advertising text promoting McKeone's "Crown Jewel Soap" and "Kalistine concentrated extract of soap" printed on versos., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., 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., Digitized., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - McKeone [1975.F.181; 1975.F.183; 1975.F.185; 1975.F.620; 1975.F.622]

Title: No more Chinese cheap labor. Celluloid cuffs, collars & bosoms
Description: Trade card containing an illustration depicting a racist scene with the figures of Uncle Sam and America, and a Chinese man laundry worker. In the left, the laundry worker, wearing his hair in a queue and attired in a long-sleeved, orange tunic; long, wide-legged, white pants; and orange slip-on, cloth shoes; sits on an over-turned wooden wash tub. His eyes are closed, and he holds his head down in his left hand. His left leg is crossed over his right, and his right hand is on his left ankle. To his left, the white woman figure of Columbia/America, looks down at the laundry worker and points up with her right hand. In her left hand, she holds up a shield with the pattern of the American flag and marked "Invention." She wears her dark hair pulled back to the nape of her neck and is attired in a gown with the pattern of the American flag, a red and blue cap adorned with a white star, and sandals. An open box of spilled starch lies between her feet and those of the laundry worker. Behind the laundry worker, is a laundry iron on a shelf, Chinese characters written on a wall, and Uncle Sam resting his arms on the ledge of an opening in the wall. Uncle Sam has red hair and a beard and is attired in a top hat, a blue jacket with a white star pattern, a red neck tie, and white shirt with the collar turned up. He looks at America. Above his head is the sign "Gon Up Chinese Laundry." Patented during the 1860s and 70s, separable celluloid collars, unlike separable paper collars, were waterproof and longer lasting, as well as fashionable and affordable. Following the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the celluloid collar industry leveraged the racist legislation to promote the use of celluloid collars as patriotic and as a means to make Chinese launderers obsolete and to facilitate the end of Chinese immigration., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Includes advertising text printed on verso: A New Improvement-Patented. Waterproof Linen. Waterproof-Elastic-Durable. Ladies' & Gents' Cuffs Collars, [Bossa]ms, Made From Celluloid. In Introducing this new invention [italicized], we beg to call the attention of the public to some of the remarkable features of this "new departure," [italicized], which will commend the use of these goods to all who study economy, neatness, and beauty [italicized]. 1st. The Interior is Fine Linen. 2d. The Exterior is Celluloid. 3d. The Union of Above, Combines the Strength of Linen With The Waterproof Qualities of Celluloid. 4th. The Expense of Washing Is Saved. If The Goods Are Soiled Simply Wipe Them Off With Soap And Water. 5th. The Goods Never Wilt Or Fray On Edges. 6th. They Are Perspiration Proof. For Sale by All Gents' Furnishing & Fancy Goods Houses throughout the Country., Image caption: "Othello's occupation gone." The Hand Writing on the Wall., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Celluloid [P.2021.20.1]

Title: The Hunters three and O.N.T
Description: Circular promoting Clark Thread Company and depicting racist caricatures of African, Asian, and indigenous men. Volume also contains several lines of narrative, promotional text written as a children’s story. The front cover is a color illustration of three white "merry gentlemen" in Cololonial attire and riding on horseback as "they hunt and hunt." The men are attired in tri-corn hats; red jackets; white breeches with riding boots; and white wigs. They ride on a road towards the viewer. The figures are bordered with pictorial details of the Clark’s O.N.T trademark. The rider in the middle raised his hat with his hand. Image is reproduced in black and white on p. [2]. P. [3] shows the horsemen observe three white children standing before them whom they believe "...must be princes. They sew their clothes with O.N.T." P. [4] show the "gentlemen" observe from a distance three African Zulu men. The men drive a lion into a net made of O.N.T. thread. One man is nude except for a feather on his head and bangs a large drum labeled "Clark's O.N.T. spool thread." Another man is attired in a skirt made of palm leaves and carries a shield and arrows. A third man carries arrows and wears a feather on his head. P [5] shows the "hunters" "spy" "three happy Hottentots" who roll down a hill on large spools of Clark's thread in a "chariot race." The three African men have their hair in buns atop their heads and are attired in white shorts and hoop earrings. One man is also attired in a shell necklace, and two men hold spears. P. [6] shows the three men find a Chinese man flying a kite strung with O.N.T. thread thread and to which a Chinese boy is attached. He is seated on a rug with his back to the viewer. To his right is a pipe. His hair is styled in a queue, and he is attired in a white shirt with a vest decorated in a print of dragons and slip-on, cloth shoes., P. [7] shows the white men finding an Inuit man on a sled made from a Clark's spool and pulled over the ice by a team of dogs. The sled driver is attired in a hooded parka and boots. P. [8] the three riders encounter a Native American man reigning in a buffalo with O.N.T. thread. He is attired in knee-high boots; a patterned blanket draped around his chest; hoop earrings; and a feather headdress. P. [9] shows a view of the back of the three riders bordered by pictorial details of the Clark’s O.N.T trademark. The back cover is a color illustration of a white girl with long blonde hair attired in black boots; red stocking; a green dress; and a blue striped apron. She is seated on an oversize spool of O.N.T. thread and playing cat's cradle with a white boy. The boy is attired in a red fez; a green coat; blue stockings; and black boots. The George A. Clark & Brother Company, manufactory of embroidery and sewing thread, was founded in 1863 in Newark, N.J. The firm was renamed Clark & Co. in 1879, and in the 1880s created a six-cord, soft finished thread called "Our New Thread" or "O.N.T." The business merged with J. & P. Coats in 1896, which lead to a series of mergers with fourteen other companies. Into the 21st century, the company continues to manufacture thread under the name Coats & Clark., Title from item., Advertising text printed on verso of front cover: Use Clark's trade mark O.N.T. spool cotton on white spools! It is superior to all others for hand and machine use. Garments sewed with O.N.T. fast black will never show white on the seams after being worn or washed., Advertising text printed on verso of back cover: Use Marshall's linen thread on 200 yard spools. Guaranteed full length. Made from the bext flax, and Milward's Helix Needles in patent wrappers. For sale everywhere., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from history of advertised business., Distributor's name printed on p. [1]: George A. Cole, sole agent., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Clark [P.2017.95.31]

Title: [Ralston family cased photograph collection]
Description: Collection of daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits, several by Norristown daguerreotypist William Stroud, portraying clergyman and founder of Oakland Female Institute James Grier Ralston, his wife Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston, their daughters, and his and his wife’s female siblings, and women teachers at the Institute. Contains bust-, half-, three-quarter, and full-length portraits of individual and pairs of sitters. Sitters are often seated, but a number of the portrait depicts sitters in a standing pose. The women’s and girl’s attire includes bonnets; off-the-shoulder bateau neckline dresses; high-neck, long-sleeved dresses with lace collars and cuffs; brooch and belt chatelaines; and earrings. Dresses worn by the female sitters are often a solid dark color, but occasionally are of a pattern design or light color. James Grier Ralston’s attire included broad bow ties, vests, jackets, and suits. Many of the images also contain props, including covered side tables, chairs, flowers, possibly an ambrotype, and a crumpled piece of cloth., Sitters in addition to James Grier Ralston and Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston include their daughters Anna Larimore Ralston, Ella Grier Ralston, Lilly Grier Ralston (who died at 11 months old), and Cora (Cara) Ralston; Institute music teacher Mrs. John Hunsicker, i.e., Fannie Henry Hunsicker (married by James G. Ralston); Mary’s sister and Institute graduate, Hetty Clark Larimore; and Institute teacher and sister of James, Agnes Caldwell Ralston; Institute graduate Martha (Mattie) Divine (Mrs. Fleming); and an unidentified woman., Posed portrait pairs include images of Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston and daughter Anna Larimore Ralston (P.2012.5.6) in which Anna sits in Mary’s lap with her mother’s hand on her head; and Anna Larimore Ralston and Ella Grier Ralston (P.2012.5.8) which Anna stands next to Ella who sits on a chair, while she rests her arm on a covered side table adorned with a basket of flowers; Anna Larimore Ralston and Fanny Hunsicker (P.2012.5.16) in which Fanny, seated, has her one hand at her hip and her other hand and arm around the waist of Anna who stands; and Hetty Clark Larimore and Mary Larimore Ralston (p.2012.5.17) in which the women are seated, side by side, and Hetty holds a bound object, possibly an ambrotype and Mary holds a crumpled white cloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and age and attire of sitters., Photographers include William Stroud (Norristown, Pa.) and Theodore L. Chase (Philadelphia, Pa.)., Various-shaped mats, including oval, elliptical, double elliptical, and non pareil., Various colored pads, including blue, red, and maroon velvet or silk, several with embossing. Embossings include photographer’s imprints and/or imagery. Imagery includes floral and geometric designs, scroll work, and eagles., Primarily leather cases, and one thermoplastic case. Case designs vary, but are predominantly rose and mixed flower designs, in addition to geometric, scroll, and quatrefoil designs. Designs also include Pressed Flower, plate 154; The Delicate Roses, variant, plate 123; A Spray of Roses, plate 131; Mixed Garden Flowers, plate 133; Two Lilies, variant, see plate 112 and 113 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)., Majority of sitters identified by accompanying slips of paper with manuscript notes., Several of the images contain pink tinting on the cheeks of the sitters., P.2012.5.4, P.2012.5.8, P.2012.5.11-15, P.2012.5.21 contains daguerrean's imprint on pad or inside rim of case. Various imprints include: William Stroud, Norristown; William Stroud's Skylight Gallery, Norristown, Pa.; Stroud’s Ambrotypes Norristown, Pa., P.2012.5.6 contains dagurrean's imprint on pad: Theodore L. Chase, N.E. cor. Chestnut & Fifth Sts., Fannie Henry Hunsicker was a woman of Chinese descent. Official records are conflicting as to whether she was born in China, at sea, or in Connecticut., Several of the images contain weeping glass deterioration, tarnished plates, or other damage., Inventory of collection available at repository., See Sarah Weatherwax, "Revealing the Ralston Family," The Daguerreian Society Quarterly (July-September 2021), p. 3-6., Clergyman James Grier Ralston (1815-1880) founded Oakland Female Institute in 1845 in Norristown, Pa. Ralston studied at the Theological Seminary at Princeton and headed the Female Seminary at Oxford, Chester Country, PA before establishing Oakland. He married Mary A. Larimore (1822-1891) in 1842 and they had four children Anna L. (1848-1902), Ella M.(1847-1924), Lillie G. (1852-1853) and Cara G. (1856-1928), with Lillie dying in infancy. Ralston’s children were educated and/or taught at Oakland, as did his sister Agnes C. Ralston. The Institute operated until 1880 and the death of Ralston
Date: [ca. 1845-ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos - Ralston Family [P.2012.5.1-22]

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