Illustrated trade card depicting a winter snow scene with a blue jay bird perched on the bare branch of a tree. Includes a stream and dwelling in the background., Advertising text printed on verso: A Merry Xmas to all! You will be merry and you will be happy when you see our fine selection of holiday books, blocks, etc.: I. Children's toy and picture books. II. Boys' and girls' story books. III. Fine gift books for older ones. Cheap! You will soon decide that when you seem them. Nothing in the city to equal in prices. Herr's Book Store, 53 and 55 North Queen Street. Fine calendar for 1887 with every purchase., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1886]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Herr [P.2002.67.14]
Racist trade card illustration depicting an elderly African American man looking out of a window. The gray-haired man is attired in a red long-sleeved shirt and gold-rimmed spectacles. He holds a newspaper in both hands and a pipe in his left hand. The man looks toward the right side of the image and his mouth is agape. He is depicted with exaggerated features. S.H Zahm & Co. was owned by Samuel Hensel Zahm and his business partner Samuel Auxer. Zahm was an active member of the Lancaster community and was a member of the board of health, the Lancaster County Historical Society, and the Pennsylvania German Society. He was also a collector of Native American artifacts., Title from item., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - S.H. Zahm [P.2017.95.151]
