Negro children in America [graphic].
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]
Happy birthday [graphic].
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]
[African American boy and white girl on a candy stick seesaw] [graphic].
Title
[African American boy and white girl on a candy stick seesaw]
Description
Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature 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 supplied by the 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. 23 [P.2017.95.234]
The Hunters three and O.N.T. [graphic].
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]