Racist trade card depicting a comic scene showing an African American barber shaving a pig in a barber shop. The barber, in the left,is depicted holding a razor in his right hand and the pig's snout in his left. The man is attired in a white shirt with turned up collar, a black bowtie, a green and white checkered apron, and blue pants. The pig, seated chest out, leans back in the barber's chair. The animal wears a barber's cape. On a table next to the barber is a shaving mug filled with shaving foam and holding a shaving brush. The man is depicted with exaggerated features. W.M. Lyon worked as a jeweler in Chester Depot, Vermont beginning in 1877., Title from item., Date inferred from years of operation of business advertised.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Lyon [P.2017.95.111]
