Series of three illustrated trade cards promoting druggist B.M. Weld. Depicts a white child raising the American flag on a flag pole; a framed image of two men walking beside a house under the moonlight superimposed onto a spray of flowers; and an African American man, portrayed in racist caricature and attired in a white collared shirt, a green bowtie, and a blue jacket, who leans over the folded signboard containing the title, and dangles a red suit for a monkey, which sits in the lower right corner holding a red cap in its hand., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand, 2000., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - W [P.9828.7053-7055]
Trade card promoting druggist George F. Woods and depicting a fan with a scene of a woman carrying a watering can and walking down a path. In the top left shows a fan with a ribbon tied around bamboo handle. On the fan is a vignette shows a woman, attired in a brimmed hat, necklace, and dress, walking down a path. She holds skirt in her left hand and carries a watering can in her right hand. Flanking the path are vases full of flowers. In the background is a pagoda and trees., 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.9828.7149-7150., RVCDC
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Woods [P.9828.7151]
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]
