Illustrated trade card and holiday card depicting a woman attired in a red shawl and green dress holding a tray with a roasted turkey outside near a shop window labeled "baker". Includes a small bird standing at her feet and a vignette of mistletoe adjacent to the title., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Broadbent & Phillips, the partnership between Samuel Broadbent and Henry C. Phillips, operated from 1206 Chestnut Street beginning in 1869.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Broadbent & Phillips [P.9651.1]
Die cut card depicting a racist caricature of an African American man holding a sprig of mistletoe. The man is balding and has tufts of white hair on the sides of his head and is attired in a yellow and purple scarf, a pink and white checked shirt, a black jacket, red mittens, blue and green striped pants, and black shoes. In his left hand he carries a gray hat with a purple band. In his right hand he holds a sprig of mistletoe, made of wire and cloth, and speaks in the vernacular, “heah I is honey wid dem old time Christmas temptations.” Below him is a small red frame with a depiction of a white woman, attired in a pink bonnet, a yellow coat, white socks, and black shoes, leaning in to kiss a white man, attired in a black hat, a blue jacket, green pants, and black shoes. They are flanked by two pine trees in red containers., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Manuscript note on verso: With all the love in the world - Duke & [Ercil?]., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Christmas [P.2017.95.240]
