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Title: [Hay harvesting.]
Description: Depicts three men pitching hay onto a cart pulled by two horses. One man hoists the hay onto the pile, while another man stands on the pile, packing it onto the cart. Another man sits on a horse-drawn plow nearby., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.9106.2]

Title: [The Universal Plow Company, Canton, Ohio]
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting monkeys dressed as jockeys racing on the backs of three rabbits through a field. Also includes vignettes of the rear adjusting and the front adjusting plows on verso., Copyrighted 1888 by Chas. Brown., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on verso: The Universal patent front and rear adjusting plows. General purpose for two or three horses. All parts interchangeable in steel or chilled iron. Repairs always fit. The lightest draft, the best work, adjustments unsurpassed, no wrench, no trouble, no lost time. Send for circular. Manufactured by The Universal Plow Co., Canton, Ohio., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: For sale by H.M. Bushman & Bro., Carlisle, Pa., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: c1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Universal [P.2002.67.12]

Title: [Older African American man seated on donkey]
Description: Depicts an older African American man, possibly a sharecropper, sitting on a donkey. The man has gray hair and stubble and is attired in a hat, and a torn and worn collared coat, pants, and shoes. He sits on a worn saddle and hold the reins to the donkey. Within the fenced in farmyard is a shed made from planks of board, a plow, and more farming equipment. Trees are visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred by photograph medium and content., Gift of James Tanis, 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - unidentified male [P.9978.2]

Title: [Young African American man, possibly Jerry Stevens an enslaved man, at Raceland Plantation, Dinwiddie, Virginia]
Description: Full-length portrait of an African American man, attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants with large tears and holes, holding a wooden plow over his shoulder. He stands in front of a wooden building and to the left of a wooden door. In the right is a white dog with its back to the viewer., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and content., Purchase 2011., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - miscellaneous - Stevens [P.2011.16]

Title: Ethnology Building
Description: Trade card issued for the world's fair held in Buffalo, N.Y., May 1-November 2, 1901 depicting the Ethnology Building built after the designs of George Cary. Shows fair visitors entering the classical-style building adorned with Renaissance decorative treatment, which housed ethnographic and archaeological exhibits of the Niagara area. Lewis Gibb and John Bucher formed Bucher & Gibbs in 1870., Copyrighted by the Pan-American Exposition Co., Illustrated advertisement for "The Butcher & Gibbs Plow Co., Canton, Ohio. U.S.A." printed on verso. Illustration depicts a scene between a Butcher & Gibbs agent, with a plow, and a farmer declaring "The Imperial is the Best Plow in the World" surrounded by vignettes depicting a disc harrow, spring tooth harrow, spike tooth harrow, and one horse cultivator., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: c1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.107]

Title: Buy the Universal plow. Made at Canton, Ohio
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting two African American men operating a plow and struggling to control two agitated donkeys. One man is seated in the plow and holds reins in his left hand and a lever in his right. He is attired in a tan-colored hat and vest, a blue long-sleeved shirt, and blue and black striped pants. The other man stands in front of the donkeys and holds reins in both hands. He is attired in a white long-sleeved shirt and blue and black checkered pants. One of the donkeys kicks its hind legs up in the air and the other digs its hind legs into the ground. A person on a plow, trees, and a small house are visible in the field behind the scene. Universal Plow Company opreated throughout the 1880s and 1890s. The business was originally based in Canton, Ohio and eventually moved to Wooster, Ohio., Title from item., Series no. 468 printed in bottom right corner on recto., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: A.F. Newcomer, General Eastern and Southern Agent, Harrisburg, PA., Advertising text printed on verso: The Universal Plows, front and rear adjusting. The lightest, strongest and most perfect working plow made. The only practical rear-adjusting plow in the world. No wrench, no trouble, no lost time. All interchangeable in steel or chilled iron complete with all improved attachments. See catalogue., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Universal [P.2017.95.179]

Title: [African American man on a mule-drawn plow]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man on mule-drawn plow. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat and a blue, plaid jacket and pants, sitting on top of a plow. He holds the lever to the plow in his right hand and the reins to the mule pulling the plow in his left hand. The mule is kicking its back legs into the air because three pigs are running around it. Trees are visible in the background., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Series number printed on recto: 468., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 15 [P.2017.95.226]

Title: H. Jahke, wholesale & retail dealer in all descriptions of fresh & salt pork, hams, lard, tongues, &c. 130, 131, 132 & 133 Nineteenth St. market, residence, cor. Baring & Sloan Sts., West Phila
Description: Racist, trade card promoting butcher John Henry Jahke and depicting a caricature of an African American man on mule-drawn plow. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat and a blue, plaid jacket and pants, sitting on top of a plow. He holds the lever to the plow in his right hand and the reins to the mule pulling the plow in his left hand. The mule is kicking its back legs into the air because three pigs are running around it. Trees are visible in the background. John Henry Jahke (1835-1919) was a prominent butcher who owned a slaughtering and packing plant in West Philadelphia on Baring and Sloan Streets., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., Digitized., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Jahke [P.9766]

Title: [John H. Webster, Sr., and Albert Webster with a horse-drawn harvester on Stouton farm, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts Albert Webster sitting on a horse-drawn plow, and his father, John H. Webster, Sr., standing in front of the horse with a pitchfork. Bales of hay cover the field in the background. They're on the farm behind Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, owned by the Webster family since 1805., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.65]

Title: Fred C. Davis, land surveyor and insurance agent, Felchville, VT., will insure against all kinds of accidents
Description: Trade card promoting surveyor and insurance agent Fred C. Davis and depicting a racist caricature of an African American man on a horse-drawn plow. Shows the man barely seated, leaning back, and with his legs in the air on the plow. He holds broken reins in his hands to a brown horse running away in the left. The man is depicted with exaggerated features. His mouth is open in alarm. He is attired in brown boots, blue checked pants and shirt, and a brown vest. His hat has flown off his head behind him. The roof of a house is visible in the left background. Fred C. Davis was an insurance agent in Vermont circa 1884 - circa 1921., Title from item., Series number on recto: 468., Text printed on recto: Over., Text printed on verso: Insurance companies represented. Assets January 1, 1888. Phoenix, of Hartford...$4,778,469.00. Phenix, of Brooklyn... 5,054,179.51. North British & Mercantile, of London and Edinburg... 3,301,747.00. New England, of Rutland... 125,414.40. Vermont Mutual...3,530,434.82. Fitchburgh Mutual. Travelers (Life and Accident) of Hartford...9,111,589.68., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Davis [P.2017.95.40]

Title: Keuchen Cura. An old Dutch remedy for coughs and colds
Description: Trade card promoting Caldwell Sweet & Bros.' patent medicine Keuchen Cura and depicting a farm scene of two African American men plowing a field. One man is seated atop a two-wheeled plow pulled by two mules. He holds the reins as the mule to the right kicks its hind legs into the air. Another African American man is in front of the mules trying to lead them. He pulls on the reins of the mule on the left, which has lowered its rear to the ground refusing to move forward. He is attired in a white shirt and blue pants. The man on the plow is attired in a brimmed hat, blue shirt with brown vest, and blue pants with black stripes. Men are depicted with exaggerated features. In the distant background, in the right, is another mule-drawn plow and a house. Brothers Caldwell and Abel S. Sweet formed Caldwell Sweet & Bros. in Bangor, Maine in 1877. The druggists of proprietary medicines continued the business into the 1920s., Title from item., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from the history of the advertised business and visual content., Series number on recto: 468., Advertising text printed on verso: Keuchen Cura. An old Dutch remedy for coughs and colds. Is the most remarkable remedy of the day. Nothing like it has ever before been put upon the market. Singers and Public Speakers will find it especially valuable to them in allaying and preventing irritation of the throat. Caldwell Sweet & Bros., proprietors, Bangor, Maine. Sold by all traders., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Keuchen [P.2017.95.22]

Title: [Men harvesting hay on the Stouton farm, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts a group of men harvesting hay in the field behind Stouton. Three African American men stand on and near a horse-drawn cart overloaded with hay, while a white man and two boys stand near a horse-drawn plow, operated by a man neatly attired in a long shirt and tie. Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, was inhabited by the Webster family beginning in 1805., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.24]

Title: [Men harvesting hay on the Stouton farm, with row homes in the distance, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Hay bales are piled in the foreground, and in the background a group of men are harvesting hay in the field behind Stouton. A horse-drawn cart is overloaded with hay, and nearby a man and two boys stand near a horse-drawn plow, operated by a man neatly attired in a long shirt and tie. Row homes and neighboring businesses near the homestead are visible in the distance. Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, was inhabited by the Webster family beginning in 1805., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.25]

Title: [Men harvesting hay on the Stouton farm, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Depicts a group of men harvesting hay in the field behind Stouton. Three African American men stand on and near a horse-drawn cart overloaded with hay, while a white man and two boys stand near a horse-drawn plow, operated by a man neatly attired in a long shirt and tie. Stouton, the former country seat of William MacPherson, was inhabited by the Webster family beginning in 1805., William MacPherson was the son of Captain John MacPherson (1726-1792) from Edinburgh. William served as lieutenant for the British army during the first year of the Revolutionary War, but joined the Colonial army under the leadership of Lafayette. Appointed surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia in 1789 and commanded the Philadelphia battalion, the "MacPherson Blues", during the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794. Married Margaret Stout and resided at their country seat "Stouton". Site later named MacPherson Park., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator: Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.24]

Title: G.F.H. Guth, dealer in first class pianos, organs, sewing machines and musical merchandise
Description: Racist trade card promoting G.F.H. Guth's musical instruments retail store and depicting a caricature of an African American man on a farm with a horse-drawn plow driven and guided by dogs. Shows an African American man, attired in a hat, an orange plaid collared shirt, black pants, and black shoes, holding a whip and overseeing plowing on a farm. In the center is a team of two white horses pulling a plow. On top of the plow is a large, black dog wearing a collar and holding the reins to the horses in his mouth. Numerous lines of furrows can be seen in the ground. In front of the plow, a small, white dog wearing a collar guides the horses. Granville Francis Hiram Guth (1860-1939) owned a store in Allentown, Pa. selling pianos, organs, and musical instruments and also worked as a job printer. His store appears in the directories in the late 1880s to 1890s., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: [Only] first-class makes on hand. No poor ones [in stock.] [Speci]alties. Behr Bros. Pianos. Farrand & Votey Organs. [Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Mach’s. 830] Ham[ilton St. All]entown [PA.], Text printed on the verso has been torn and damaged., Guth's imprint is stamped on recto: G.F.H. Guth, Music dealer, 830 Hamilton St., Allentown., Distributor’s imprint printed on verso: D.D. Halman, Salesman., Series number printed on the recto: 468., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Guth [P.2017.95.76]

Title: G.F.H. Guth, dealer in first class pianos, organs, sewing machines and musical merchandise
Description: Racist trade card promoting G.F.H. Guth's musical instruments retail store and depicting a caricature of an African American man on a farm with a plow driven by hogs. Shows an African American man, attired in a hat, an orange shirt with black polka dots, blue plaid pants, and black shoes, behind the plow and guiding it by the handles. In the right a team of three pigs pulls the plow. An African American woman, attired in a white head kerchief, a blue dress, and an apron, watches the scene with alarm. She throws her hands up in the air and opens her mouth in exclamation. In the right background, a white house is visible. Granville Francis Hiram Guth (1860-1939) owned a store in Allentown, Pa. selling pianos, organs, and musical instruments and also worked as a job printer. His store appears in the directories in the late 1880s to 1890s., Title from item., Publication information and date from the copyright statement: Copyright 1884 by J.H. Bufford's Sons., Guth's imprint is stamped on recto: G.F.H. Guth, Music dealer, 830 Hamilton St., Allentown, PA., Distributor’s imprint printed on verso: D.D. Halman, Salesman., Series number printed on the recto: 468., Advertising text printed on verso: G.F.H. Guth, Dealer in first class pianos, organs, sewing machines and musical merchandise. Only first-class makes on hand. No poor ones in stock. Specialties. Behr Bros. Pianos. Farrand & Votey Organs. Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Mach’s. 830 Hamilton St. Allentown PA., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Guth [P.2017.95.77]

Title: Hoyer & Milnor, great 99¢ store, 29 N. Third St., Harrisburg, PA
Description: Racist trade card promoting Hoyer & Milnor’s retail store and depicting a caricature of an African American man on a farm with a plow driven by hogs. Shows an African American man, attired in a hat, an orange shirt with black polka dots, blue plaid pants, and black shoes, behind the plow and guiding it by the handles. In the right a team of three pigs pulls the plow. An African American woman, attired in a white head kerchief, a blue dress, and an apron, watches the scene with alarm. She throws her hands up in the air and opens her mouth in exclamation. In the right background, a white house is visible. George Hoyer and George W. Milnor (1856-1925) established the firm Hoyer & Milnor in 1884 and opened a store selling furnishings and fancy goods in Harrisburg Pa. The firm dissolved in 1896., Title from item., Publication information and date from copyright statement: Copyright 1884 by J.H. Bufford's Sons., Series number printed on the recto: 468., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Hoyer [P.2017.95.87]

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