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Title: [White woman being carried on a candy stick by a white man jockey and an African American man]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a white woman sitting on a candy stick being carried by a white man jockey and an African American man. Shows the blond-haired, white woman, attired in a white hat decorated with a green band and red feather; spectacles; a white collared shirt; a red bowtie; and a green jacket and skirt, sitting on top of an oversized, striped red and yellow candy stick. She holds reins in both of her hands that are wrapped around the white man jockey, attired in a white and yellow striped jockey cap; a white collared shirt; a blue bowtie; a red jacket; beige breeches; and black boots, who is carrying the front of the candy stick on his right shoulder. The African American man, portrayed in caricature and attired in a white top hat with a blue band; a white bowtie; a blue jacket; a yellow waistcoat and pants; white socks; and buckled shoes, carries the back end of the candy stick on his right shoulder., Title devised by 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. 6 [P.2017.95.217]

Title: The Start
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man riding in a two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart. Shows the man, attired in a white top hat, yellow gloves, a white collared shirt, a blue bowtie, a black jacket with tails, white pants, and black shoes, seated on a red cart, smiling and looking at the viewer. He holds the reins to the brown horse, which trots and pulls the cart in the right. He also carries a black whip in his right hand., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Duplicate copy [P.2017.95.269]., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 35 - The start [P.2017.95.287]

Title: In danger
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man trying to control the horse pulling the cart he is riding in. Shows the man, attired in a white top hat, yellow gloves, a white collared shirt, a blue bowtie, a black jacket with tails, white pants, and black shoes, seated on a two-wheeled cart. He opens his mouth in alarm as he pulls back on the reins of the brown horse hauling the cart. The horse’s mouth is open as it runs off making the cart jerk, causing its right wheel to lift off of the ground. The man also carries a whip in his right hand., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Duplicate copy [P.2017.95.270]., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 13 - In Danger [P.2017.95.266]

Title: The Start
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man riding in a two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart. Shows the man, attired in a white top hat, yellow gloves, a white collared shirt, a blue bowtie, a black jacket with tails, white pants, and black shoes, seated on a red cart, smiling and looking at the viewer. He holds the reins to the brown horse, which trots and pulls the cart in the right. He also carries a black whip in his right hand., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Duplicate copy [P.2017.95.287]., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 16 - The start [P.2017.95.269]

Title: In danger
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man trying to control the horse pulling the cart he is riding in. Shows the man, attired in a white top hat, yellow gloves, a white collared shirt, a blue bowtie, a black jacket with tails, white pants, and black shoes, seated on a two-wheeled cart. He opens his mouth in alarm as he pulls back on the reins of the brown horse hauling the cart. The horse’s mouth is open as it runs off making the cart jerk, causing its right wheel to lift off of the ground. The man also carries a whip in his right hand., Title from item., Date deduced from visual content., Duplicate copy [P.2017.95.266]., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 17 - In Danger [P.2017.95.270]

Title: [African American man riding a donkey]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man riding a donkey. Shows the man, attired in a brown hat; a white collared shirt; a red tie; a brown checkered waistcoat, jacket, and pants; and black shoes, sitting on a saddle riding a donkey. He carries a whip in his left hand and holds his hat down on his head with his right hand. His eyes and his mouth are opened wide as the gray donkey runs with all four of its legs off of the ground., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 29 [P.2017.95.281]

Title: [African American man holding on to a bucking donkey]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man holding on to a bucking donkey. Shows the man, attired in a black top hat, a white jacket, blue pants, red socks, and black shoes, grasping on to a bucking donkey. He wraps his arms around the donkey’s neck and his legs press against the donkey’s back as he tries to hold on. His eyes and mouth are opened wide. The gray donkey sinks his head down and kicks his back legs up., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 31 [P.2017.95.283]

Title: Go to Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart's for the lowest prices in dry goods & notions, 442 & 444 Penn Street, Reading, Pa
Description: Racist trade card promoting Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart's dry goods store and depicting a caricature of African American boys with a donkey. Shows a barefooted boy, attired in pants with a hole at the knee, a shirt, and a jacket, sitting atop a donkey that is kicking its hind legs into the air. The boy looks down wide-eyed and with a worried countenance and holds the handle of a large banner with the advertising text in his right hand. In the left, behind the donkey, another boy crouches on his hands and knees on the ground and looks up at the rear of the donkey. He is barefoot and attired in pants and a jacket. Josiah Dives, George Strickland Pomeroy, and John Stewart opened their dry goods store in 1876 in Reading, PA. In 1880, the store moved to 442 & 444 Penn Street. Hahn Department Stores bought the company in 1934., Title from item., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Series number on recto: 493., Manuscript note annotating title on recto: Reading, Pa., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Dives [P.2017.95.43]

Title: Colburn's Philadelphia mustard
Description: Trade card promoting A. Colburn & Co.'s mustard and depicting a racist caricature of an young African girl riding an ostrich in a tropical setting. Show the barefooted girl, attired in a short-sleeved, knee-length, red dress with yellow trim, holding on to the ostrich's neck with both hands. The grey ostrich takes a long stride with its legs as it runds on a dirt path. Plants with palm leaves, greenery, and a rock line the path. Arthur T. Colburn (1834-1901) founded the spice business A. Colburn & Co. in 1856 in Philadelphia. The business was one of the largest spice dealers in the city and operate into the 1920s., Title from item., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business and visual content., Advertising text printed on verso: Colburn's Philadelphia mustard 1/4, 1/2 & 1 lb. Tins, always full weight. Better and cheaper than imported. 14 cents a pound saved in duty alone. Flavor, pungency and quality unequalled. Best for table or medicinal purposes. Press opinions of Colburn's Philadelphia mustard: N.Y. World--"Many persons have found that Colburn's Philadelphia mustard is better than the imported for the table and sick room." N.Y. Sun--"Better goods at lower prices is welcome news to housekeepers. Colburn's Philadelphia mustard, better and cheaper than imported, pleases everybody." N.Y. Telegram-- "One of the best articles of its kind is Colburn's Philadelphia mustard. It is a table luxury and is especially good for medicinal purposes." N.Y. Com. Advertiser --"The celebrity of Colburn's Phila. mustard as a table luxury and medicinal purposes has won for it a deserved place in prominent competition." N.Y. Evening Post--"An advance made by American manufacturers is of benefit to the whole county. Colburn's Philadelphia mustard is taking the place largely of imported mustard." N.Y. Evening Express--"We call special attention to Colburn's Philadelphia mustard. Many who have had an idea that the imported [w]as the best have found that this 'brand' of home manufac[tu]re was better for the table and sick room, besides being at least 14 cents a pound cheaper, on account of saving in duty. Messrs. A. Colburn & Co., of Philadelphia, stand in the front rank of our manufacturers and none need be afraid of goods bearing [?]me or label. We cordially recommend Colburn's Philadelphia mustard." Sold by all grocers and druggists., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Colburn [P.2017.95.34]

Title: A happy new year
Description: Greeting card depicting a racist caricature of an African American man jockey riding a bucking horse in the snow. Shows the African American man jockey attired in a yellow jockey cap, a yellow vest, a pink shirt, a blue bowtie, white breeches, and black boots. He sits on a white horse that is kicking its back legs and hitting a snowman in the right. The snowman has a pipe in his mouth and a large pine branch in his hands. The jockey has lost hold of the reins, which dangle from the horse’s mouth, and his whip is in the snow., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Happy [P.2017.95.244]

Title: Use Dannemiller's Cordova coffee, in 1 pound papers, because it's the best
Description: Racist trade card promoting Dannemiller Coffee Company and depicting a genre scene with an African American boy jockey, white children, and a horse. In the left, the jockey, attired in riding boots; white breeches; a white shirt and red vest; and a red and white jockey cap, stands beside a brown horse onto which he helps a white boy mount. He holds the bridle in his left hand and leans down to help the boy place his foot into the stirrup with his right hand. In the center, the white boy, attired in a Fauntleroy outfit with black boots and hat, grips the saddle to hoist himself up onto the horse. In the right, a smiling white girl with long, brown hair looks at the viewer. She descends a set of stairs holding the railing. She is attired in black shoes, a yellow dress with blue trim, stockings, and a bow in her hair. She carries a doll costumed in a red and white dress with matching red shoes and hat. A greyhound faces the girl at the base of the stairs. Edward Dannemiller (1850-1939) and his son Albert J. Dannemiller (1879-1955) founded Dannemiller Coffee Company in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1904. The Company operated through the mid-twentieth century., Title from item., Place of publication from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from history of advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: A fair trial is all we ask, and we are sure of the result, if you take quality into consideration. It's merits are unequaled. Don't be deceived judge fore yourself. Lasst euch nicht batriigen urtheilt fiir euch selbst. A beautiful picture with each package., Manuscript note on verso: Stella Leonard., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1910]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Dannemiller [P.2017.95.39]

Title: Standard java, Chase & Sanborn, Boston
Description: Trimmed metamorphic trade card promoting Chase & Sanborn's coffee. Depicts a quirky, racist scene with a trompe l’oeil aesthetic and including the oversized head of a Black man with exaggerated features in a North African setting. Shows an African man attired in a yellow hooded robe on a white horse and holding a long spoon to an enormous face of an African man. His head covered in a green and red turban has torn through a wall. He purses his lips out to the spoon. In the center of the image is a white coffee cup with a blue stripe and the text "Standard java, Chase and Sanborn, Boston" written in red. In the right foreground, holding a basket, is a barefooted African woman attired in a white dress with red stripes and cap sleeves; a yellow vest; and red, head kerchief. In the background is a building with Moresque decorative features in the doorway and window. Illustrated on the verso is a partial view of a black man. Shows his chin and lower lip, his torso, and his legs above his ankles. His arms are raised, and he is attired in white pants with blue stripes; a green jacket with yellow lining; a white collared shirt; and red vest and bowtie. Caleb Chase (1831-1908) established a coffee and tea company in 1864. Chase partnered with coffee seller James Sanborn (1835-1903) in 1874 to form Chase & Sanborn. It was the first company to pack and ship roasted coffee in sealed tins. In 1893, the firm supplied the coffee to all of the salons at the Chicago World's Fair. Chase & Sanborn was acquired in 1929 by Standard Brands, which merged with Nabisco in 1981., Title from item., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: Boston roasted coffees have a national reputation representing the finest grown seal brand java and mocha coffee is justly called the aristocratic coffee of America surpassing all others in its richness and delicacy of flavor always packed whole roasted in 2-lb, air-tight tin cans. Crusade blend coffee is a skillfull blending of three high grade coffees noted for their flavor, strength and aroma, warranted not to contain a single Rio bean, but guaranteed to [?]., Gift of David Doret., Card is trimmed at the top and bottom.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Chase [P.2017.95.25]

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]

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