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Title: Cuba. Sugar plantation. Havana City and Harbor. Morro Castle. Santiago Cuba
Description: Trade card specimen depicting vignettes of a black man in a hat smiling, a sugar plantation, Havana City’s harbor, Morro Castle, and Santiago. In the top left is a circular vignette of a black man, attired in a brimmed straw hat and a white-collared shirt, who looks to the right and smiles. In the top right is a sugar plantation with a man in horse-drawn cart hauling sugar cane. Tall stalks of cane line the road. Beneath is a scene of the harbor in Havana City, with ships coming in and out. Mountains are visible in the background. In the left are palm trees. A vignette of Morro Castle, the fortress guarding Havana Bay, is depicted with a ship passing in front of it. In the bottom of the card is a depiction of Santiago, showing a wall with an American flag flying on a pole with mountains in the background and water winding around the land below. In the foreground are products from Cuba, including fruits, such as a pineapple, a pouch labeled “tobacco,” and a box of cigars., Title from item., Date deduced from the content., Text printed on verso: Cuba. The area of Cuba is 41,655 square miles. The island is long and narrow and follows a curved line through its centre; is 720 miles long and its average breadth is 80 miles. The highest part of the island is the range extending in the southwest from the Punto de Maysi to Cape Cruz. There are mountains immediately above the harbor of Trinidad de Cuba in the south, the highest of which is 2,990 feet above the sea level. The climate is hot on the coast and temperate on the higher levels. Ten per cent of the area is, or was, cultivated. There are large tracts of the island still unexplored. A census taken in 1887 reported the population to be 1,631, 687. Of this, 528,998 were negroes and mulattoes. The present population is uncertain. Probably, as the results of devastating war, it has been cut down at least a fourth. Principal cities are Havana (the capital), Santiago de Cuba, Puerto Principe, Holguin, Sancti Spiritus, Matanzas. Before the insurrection, there were over 1,000 miles of railroad in operation on the island. The chief produce is sugar and tobacco. There is also production of mahogany, fruits, honey and wax. Gold and silver have been found in paying quantities. The iron mines of Cuba, all of which are located near Santiago, overshadow in importance all the other industries on the eastern end of the island. The ore of these mines is among the richest in the world, yielding from 62 to 67 per cent of pure iron. The principal imports are flour, rice and jerked beef. The chief exports are sugar and tobacco., Stamped on verso: 3259 12., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Cuba [P.2017.95.202]

Title: He'p yo'se'f to grapefruit from sunny Florida
Description: Post card depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy in a grapefruit orchard. Shows the barefooted boy smiling at the viewer and attired in a red collared jumpsuit with a belt. He holds the branches of a grapefruit tree that is laden with yellow fruit. He speaks in the vernacular to “he’p yo’ se’f to grapefruit from sunny Florida.” More grapefruits lie on the ground around his feet., Title from item., Date deduced from visual content., Series number printed on recto: 146., Series number printed on verso: 63027., Text printed on recto: Robinson., Text printed on verso: Florida is the land of sunshine, flowers and luscious fruits. It is famed for its great groves of oranges and grapefruit, their well-laden boughs heavy with brilliant fruit. Tichnor Quality Views. Made only by Tichnor Brothers, Inc. Boston, Mass. Post Card. Place one cent stamp here. Made in U.S.A., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1930]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - He'p [P.2017.95.245]

Title: I'm yo' valentine chile!
Description: Die cut Valentine card depicting a racist caricature of an African American woman carrying a basket of eggs. Shows the barefooted African American woman portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a blue bonnet with white polka dots, a blue plaid shirt, a white apron, and a blue and white striped skirt. She smiles at the viewer and speaks in the vernacular, “I’m yo Valentine chile,” as she holds a basket full of eggs in both of her hands., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., 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. - I'm yo' [P.2017.95.247]

Title: [African American man playing the cello]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel playing the cello. Shows the African American man minstrel, attired in a white collared shirt, a striped jacket, polka-dotted pants, and shoes, sitting on a wooden stool and playing the cello. He smiles at the viewer as he picks the strings near the neck of the instrument with his left hand and runs a bow along the strings at the lower body of it with his right hand. In the background behind his head is an open book of sheet music., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Printed in blue ink., Text stamped on recto: No. 478, 4 designs, price $1.55 per 1000., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 2 [P.2017.95.213]

Title: [African American man minstrel dancing]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel dancing. Shows the African American man, portrayed with exaggerated features and spindly arms and legs, attired in a white shirt with an oversized collar, a blue tie, a green jacket with tails, green pants, and white shoes. He smiles broadly with his arms pointed down and out to the sides and his left foot back in a dance step., 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. 7 [P.2017.95.218]

Title: [African American man minstrel dancing with a cigar]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel dancing. Shows the African American man, portrayed with exaggerated features and spindly arms and legs, attired in a black top hat, white gloves, a white collared shirt, a red tie, a brown jacket, orange pants, and black shoes. He sways to the left and places his left hand on his hip. He crosses his right arm across his body and holds a lit cigar between his fingers. His right foot comes forward in a dance step., 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. 8 [P.2017.95.219]

Title: [African American man minstrel]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel dancing. Shows the African American man, portrayed with exaggerated features and spindly arms and legs, attired in a black top hat with a peacock feather, yellow gloves, a white shirt with an oversized collar, a yellow and black striped bowtie, a green jacket with tails, pink leggings, and black shoes. He smiles at the viewer with both hands out to his sides and his left foot forward in a dance step., 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. 9 [P.2017.95.220]

Title: [African American infant sitting on a blanket]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American infant girl sitting on a blanket. Shows the African American infant, attired in a white dress with pink checks, sitting on top of a pink and yellow blanket. She looks and smiles at the viewer and holds the skirt of her dress in her hands. She sits in a field with sunflowers behind her., 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. 11 [P.2017.95.222]

Title: [African American man at the window with a white cloth]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man holding a white cloth out of the window. Shows the African American man portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white collared shirt with red stripes and a blue vest. He stands at an open window with his head and upper torso outside of the building and holds a white cloth in both hands, which hangs out of the window. The exterior of the building is yellow brick., 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. 13 [P.2017.95.224]

Title: [African American man sticking his head through a sheet of paper]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature an African American man portrayed with exaggerated features sticking his head through a large piece of paper. Shows the African American man, attired in a white apron, plaid pants, and black shoes, standing with his hands at his sides. He smiles at the viewer as his oversized head has burst through a sheet of paper. The torn pieces of paper surround his head., Title supplied 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. 19 [P.2017.95.230]

Title: [African American child touching the hair of a crying white baby]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature an African American child, portrayed with exaggerated features, touching the hair of a crying white baby. Shows the barefooted, smiling, African American child, attired in a long-sleeved white layette, seated behind a white child. Both of their hands touch the hair on top of the head of the white baby seated below, who cries with a look of alarm on their face., Title supplied 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. 20 [P.2017.95.231]

Title: [African American man minstrel playing the drums]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man minstrel playing the drum. Shows the full-length portrait of the man, attired in a white hat with a blue band, a white collared shirt, a white bowtie, a blue jacket with tails, white pants, and black shoes. A gold strap is slung around his shoulders, which carries the red and gold drum. He smiles as he beats the drum with a drumstick with a ball on the end that he holds in his right hand., 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 33 [P.2017.95.285]

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: [African American man playing the triangle]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man playing the triangle. Shows the man, attired in a gray top hat with a blue band, a gray coat with a red collar, white and red striped pants, blue socks, and black shoes, straddling a wooden chair backwards. He smiles at the viewer as he plays the triangle., 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 39 [P.2017.95.291]

Title: [African American man minstrel playing the accordion]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man minstrel playing an accordion. Shows the man, portrayed with exaggerated features, attired in a white collared shirt, a blue tie, a brown jacket, blue and white checked pants, pink socks, and brown shoes. He smiles at the viewer as he plays the accordion, holding it in both hands in front of him., 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 42 [P.2017.95.294]

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: [African American man attired in a gray hat with a blue striped band, a pink collared shirt with blue polka dots, and a green striped tie]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man attired a gray hat with a blue striped band, a pink collared shirt with blue polka dots, and a green striped tie. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man smiling and looking to the left., 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 22 [P.2017.95.274x]

Title: [African American man attired in spectacles, a black top hat, a white shirt with an oversized collar, a red bowtie, and a plaid, beige jacket]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man attired in spectacles, a black top hat, a white shirt with an oversized collar, a red bowtie, and a plaid, beige jacket. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man smiling as he looks down., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 23 [P.2017.95.275]

Title: [African American man smiling and carrying a watermelon]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man smiling and carrying a watermelon. Shows the full-length portrait of the man portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white collared shirt with blue stripes, a yellow waistcoat, a red jacket with tails, white pants with blue stripes, and yellow and blue shoes with red buttons. He smiles with his mouth opened wide and carries a watermelon in both hands that he holds in front of him., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Duplicate copy [P.2017.95.300]., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 47 [P.2017.95.299]

Title: [African American man smiling and carrying a watermelon]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man smiling and carrying a watermelon. Shows the full-length portrait of the man portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white collared shirt with blue stripes, a yellow waistcoat, a red jacket with tails, white pants with blue stripes, and yellow and blue shoes with red buttons. He smiles with his mouth opened wide and carries a watermelon in both hands that he holds in front of him., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Duplicate copy [P.2017.95.299]., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 48 [P.2017.95.300]

Title: See that hump? Something inside for you
Description: Racist trade card promoting De Long Hook and Eye Company and depicting a caricature of an African American boy cutting a watermelon. Shows the barefoot boy, portrayed with exaggerated features, and holding a saber-like knife in his right hand while he cuts into a large, green watermelon. Drops of juice drip from the slice in the melon. The boy smiles at the viewer. He is attired in blue shorts with yellow suspenders and a red sleeveless shirt. Brothers Charles F. and Frank E. Delong (1864-1939) established the firm Richardson & DeLong Bros. with Thomas D. Richardson in 1891. The brothers had patented the "Delong hump" fastener in 1889, which prevented the eye of a button hole from slipping out of the hook. "See that hump" became the firm's popular advertising slogan. Scovill Manufacturing Company acquired the company in 1955., Title from item., Place of publication from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: The De Long Hook and Ey[e], MF'D by Richardson an[d] De Long Bros. Philadelphia U.S.A., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1891]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - De Long [P.2017.95.42]

Title: [African American boy butler carrying a bouquet of flowers]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy butler. Shows the full-length portrait of the boy attired in a white shirt and bowtie, a yellow waistcoat, an orange jacket with tails, white gloves, blue pants, and white and black boots. He smiles as he carries a bouquet of flowers in front of him in his right hand. He holds a black top hat and a letter in his left hand., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Duplicate copy [P.2017.95.295]., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 1 [P.2017.95.254]

Title: [Two African American women domestics baking bread]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting caricatures of two African American women domestics portrayed with exaggerated features baking bread. In the left, shows an African American woman, attired in a striped head kerchief, hoop earrings, a white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, and a brown skirt, standing behind a table. She mixes dough in a large bowl with her right hand and reaches her left hand to a bag of flour. In the right, another African American woman, attired in a white and gray striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, a white apron, and a dark green skirt, smiles at the viewer as she holds up a large loaf of bread., Title supplied 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. 16 [P.2017.95.227]

Title: [African American man jockey]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man jockey. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man smiling and facing left. He is attired in a red and yellow jockey cap and a red and yellow jockey shirt, which has a yellow tie., 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 18 [P.2017.95.271]

Title: [African American man sailor]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man sailor. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man smiling and looking to the right. He is attired in a straw hat with a blue band and a blue sailor’s outfit with a black bowtie., 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 19 [P.2017.95.272]

Title: [African American man jockey]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man jockey attired in a red jockey cap with yellow stripes and a blue band, a white collared shirt and bowtie, a red jacket, and a gold earring. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man smiling and facing to the right., 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 26 [P.2017.95.278]

Title: We have the nicest styles of men, boys & childrens' clothing at the Globe Clothing House no. 25 N. Eutaw St. near Lexington
Description: Racist trade card promoting the Globe Clothing House in Baltimore and depicting a caricature of a fashionably dressed African American man carrying a cane. Shows an African American man attired in black dress shoes, white socks, black pants, a white collared shirt and bowtie, a red waistcoat, and a green jacket with tails. He opens his mouth in a smile as he struts carrying a cane in his right hand. The trade card is shaped like an artist's palette with colorful paints in the left. The Globe Clothing House opened on 25 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD in 1882. Austin J. Kuhns & Co. acquired the store in September, 1885., Title from item., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Card is shaped like an artist's palette., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Globe [P.2017.95.71]

Title: The City Store, No. 4 Main Street, Spartanburg, S.C., A. Freisleben, proprietor
Description: Racist trade card promoting A. Freisleben's dry goods store and depicting a caricature of an African American man looking over a fence at a shoe filled with chicks. Shows the young man, attired in a red shirt with white stripes, a blue collared vest, and a wide-brimmed straw hat with two yellow chicks poking out of the top, behind a wooden fence. He grasps the top of the fence with his fingers as he smiles and looks in the left at the black men's dress shoe filled with four yellow chicks. In the background is a house and some trees. Abram Freisleben (1847-1925) emigrated from Germany to America in 1864. He opened a dry good store in Spartanburg, South Carolina ca. 1880. In 1887, he lost the store and his merchandise to creditors. He moved to Georgia in 1889 and continued in the dry goods business., Title from item., Publication information from copyright statement: Copyright 1883 by J.H. Bufford's Sons., Advertising text printed on verso: Why? Why we can offer you better Goods for less money than any other house in the trade. Because we are the only house which sells strictly for CASH: there are no bad debts to collect and the CASH CUSTOMER need not pay for such LOSSES: we can make "One Price To All," which one who does part cash and part credit business cannot do. 2. We have no partners to divide with -- and have entered with our cash customers into such partnership -- a small per cent. suffices us. 3. We carry a large line and receive New Goods continuously in our Special Lines of Dry Goods. Silks, Cashmeres, (Blacks and Colors.) Amer. Dress Goods, White Goods, House-Furnishing Goods and everything else usually found in a First-Class Establishment. Stamping done on short notice. Millinery. An experienced Milliner at all times to sell Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats-- all shapes and styles-- as they appear in season. A full assortment of Straw Goods, Tips, Plumes, Flowers, etc. on sale. Shoes and Slippers. For Ladies'. For Misses'. For Children's. For Infants'. For Men's. For Boys' WEAR. CUSTOM-MADE and WARRANTED. NO SHODDYS DEALT IN! Gents' Furnishing Goods. Laundried and Unlaundried Shirts. Our 50c. Unlaundried Shirt is a "Hummer." Novelties of neckwear and collar as they appear. Before buying, be sure to call., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Freisleben [P.2017.95.66]

Title: [African American man minstrel playing a drum]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man minstrel drummer. Shows the man, in near profile, smiling and beating drumsticks on a drum strapped to his chest. He is attired in black shoes; pants with a stripe; a white jacket with flowers and long tails, with large buttons; a white ruffled shirt with a high collar; and a white top hat with a black band., Title devised by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Printed in blue ink., Text stamped on recto: [No.] 478, 4 designs, price $1.55 per 1000., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 3 [P.2017.95.214]

Title: [African American domestics holding a white sheet]
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting caricatures of two smiling African American domestics portrayed with exaggerated features and holding a white sheet. In the left, shows an African American man, attired in hoop earrings; a blue and white striped collared shirt; a red vest; purple pants; yellow striped socks; and black shoes with buckles, holding two corners of a white sheet in his hands. A red and green feather duster lies on the ground at his feet. In the right, an African American woman, attired in a yellow head kerchief with red dots; hoop earrings; a white, beaded necklace; a white, short-sleeved shirt; a pink vest; a blue skirt; white socks; and yellow shoes with red bows, holds the opposite two corners of the sheet. A broom rests against her 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. 5 [P.2017.95.216]

Title: Sapolio
Description: Racist trade card promoting soap manufacturer Enoch Morgan's Sons Company and depicting the caricature of an African American child’s head emerging out of a watermelon. The child, portrayed with exaggerated features, smiles as their eyes look to the right. The green watermelon is ripped open revealing pink flesh and black seeds. Enoch Morgan's Sons Company began manufacturing Sapolio soap in 1869 in New York. Peruvian company Intradevco Industrial SA purchased Sapolio in 1997., Title from item., Publication information from copyright statement: Copyrighted 1882, by Donaldson Brothers., Advertising text printed on verso: One cake will do more work and will do it better than Three Cakes of any other mineral or scouring soap ever made. Enoch Morgan's Sons Sapolio. Better and cheaper than soap. For all house cleaning purposes. It will clean paint, marble, oil cloths, bath tubs, crockery, kitchen utensils, &c. It will polish tin, brass, copper and steel wares of all kinds better than Emery or Rotten Stone. Ask for it. Take no other as a substitute for it. It is the best and cheapest scouring soap. Hand Sapolio, for every day use, is the best and cheapest toilet and bath soap in the market. Removes stains of all kinds, and leaves the skin white and soft. Prevents chapping of hands. Illustration of a white man looking at the bottom of a pan that reflects his face as a mirror., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Enoch [P.2017.95.60]

Title: Clark's trade mark 36 Mile-End spool cotton
Description: Trade card promoting Clark Thread Company and depicting a racist caricature of an African American man minstrel drummer. Shows the man, in near profile, smiling and beating drumsticks on a drum strapped to his chest. The drum is a giant spool of thread labeled "Clark's Mile-End spool cotton." He is attired in black shoes; blue pants with a yellow stripe; a white jacket with pink flowers and long tails, with large buttons; a white ruffled shirt with a high collar; and a white top hat with a black band. 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., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: Clark's trademark Mile-End spool thread. Best six cord. All numbers from no. 8 to 100. The colors are especially dyed to match. All shades of dress goods and can be used instead of silk by dress makers and families. The black is strong and smooth, and of the purest dye. It will retain its very deep black hue as long as silk fabrics. The white, black and colored is the standard for use upon all sewing machines., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Clark [P.2017.95.32]

Title: It stands at the head. "Domestic" sewing machine
Description: Racist trade card promoting Domestic Sewing Machine Company and depicting a caricaturized genre scene of an African American family looking to their right at a billboard on the side of a building. The figures are portrayed with exaggerated feaures. Shows an older, squat man, a woman, and three children seated and standing in a horse-drawn cart halted on a dirt road. An older boy stands behind the cart. The man, attired in a top hat; a ragged jacket; a shirt with bowtie; and pants with patches on the knees and suspenders sits smiling and holding in his hands a stick and the reins of his horse that wears blinders. The woman, attired in spectacles; a straw hat with a decorative ribbon that is tied under her chin in a bow; a long-sleeved dress; and a shawl stands up inside the cart. She holds a baby in her left arm and points at the billboard with her right hand. A boy attired in a long shirt and pants sits beside the man in the front of the cart. Behind the man, a girl attired in a bonnet stands. The boy outside of the cart is barefooted and attired in a cap; a shirt; and ragged pants with a hole at the knee, and carries a basket. A dog, its tail between its legs, hunches underneath the cart. In the left, the billboard is illustrated with a sewing machine in the center of a star with the advertising text around it. Text reads: "It stands at the head : Copyrighted by the "Domestic" Sewing Machine Co. The star that leads them all. Unequalled for simplicity of construction ease of operation and durability. The light running "Domestic" sewing machine." In the distant right background a house is visible. William S. Mack & Co. and N.S. Perkins founded the Domestic Sewing Machine Company in 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio. The White Sewing Machine Company bought the company in 1924., Title from item., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Distributor's imprint printed on recto: E.R. Bumps, jeweller, Waldoboro, ME., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Domestic [P.2017.95.51]

Title: To the friends of negro emancipation, this print is inscribed
Description: Print commemorating Great Britain's passage of legislation, given royal assent in 1834, granting emancipation to the enslaved throughout Great Britain and the British colonies. Depicts near a coast, a joyous free Black man, attired in a sarong, arms held up in celebration. He stands upon a whip surrounded by smiling Black men who bury his shackles; a Black girl who kneels before him; and a Black mother, seated on a bench beside a book, smiles and holds her baby up in the air. Next to them an "Emancipation Notice" has been tacked to a palm tree. In the background, Black people celebrate on the shore as a ship sails away., Title from item., Text printed below title: A glorious and happy era on the first of August, bursts upon the Western World; England strikes the manacle from the slave, and bids the bond go free., Purchase 1969., 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.
Creator: Lucas, David, 1802-1881, engraver
Date: August 1, 1834
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC-Emancipation [7808.F]

Title: The wooing of the twins Universal, perfect and elegant stoves and ranges. Manufactured by Cribben, Sexton & Co., Chicago, Ill
Description: Racist trade card promoting stove manufacturer Cribben, Sexton & Co. and depicting a genre scene with African American caricatures originally created for Harper’s Weekly in 1878 by Sol Eytinge that satirized the courtship and marriage of and the start of families by "The Twins." Figures are portrayed with exaggerated features. Shows the two couples sitting in wooden chairs. The twin sisters are identically attired in yellow dresses with red polka dots and white collars. In the left one sister holds a fan as she coyly looks and smiles to the man seated to her right. He is attired in black shoes; blue and white striped pants; a white collared shirt with red tie; and a green jacket. His hands are on on his knees. In the right the other sister touches her chin with her finger as she leans towards the man seated opposite her. Her suitor is attired in black shoes; red and white striped pants; a white shirt; and a black jacket with tails. In the center behind the couples is a mantel with cups, plates, and bowls placed on top. Inside the mantel is a stove with a kettle on it. In the right background, the parents of the twins are sitting in chairs. The father, attired in a blue jacket and beige pants, reads a newspaper. The mother is attired in a red dress. Henry Cribben and James A. Sexton founded the stove manufactory Cribben, Sexton & Co. in Chicago in 1873. The Company closed in 1965., Title from item., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: Sayles & Conover, Dealers in stoves and hardware, A full line of universal, Perfect and elegant stoves and ranges always on hand. Valparaiso, Indiana., Gift of David Doret., Forms part of a series [P.2017.95.37 & P.2017.95.38].
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Cribben, Sexton & Co. [P.2017.95.36]

Title: Try King's quick rising buckwheat. It is the best. The cook likes it
Description: Racist trade card promoting King Cereal Manufacturing Company and depicting a caricature of an African American woman domestic serving pancakes to a white couple while an African American man cook smiles in the kitchen. Shows the African American woman domestic, attired in a red dress, a white apron, and a white bonnet, holding her apron up in her hands while looking at the viewer and winking her eye. In the right, a brown-haired, white man with a mustache attired in a black suit, a white collared shirt, and black shoes and a white woman with brown hair in a bun and attired in a blue dress, sit in wooden chairs at a table covered with a white tablecloth. The white woman looks at the viewer as she wipes her mouth with a white napkin. On the table is a plate of pancakes, a coffee pot, glasses, and a condiment tray with various bottles. Through a doorway in the left background, the African American man cook, attired in a white chef’s hat and jacket, a white apron, pants, and black shoes, smiles as he stands behind a table with a box of King’s Quick Rising Buckwheat. In the right on the wall are two framed pictures and a large window with white curtains. Image also includes a red rug and a wooden chair with a green cushion. Edward King (d. 1907) founded King Cereal Manufacturing Company in 1861 in Chicago. He sold his interest in the firm to H. Horner & Co., wholesale grocers in 1903. The firm continued operations into the 1920s., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: We manufacture and sell all the package goods name[?] King’s Quick Ris[ing] Flour, King’s Quick Rising W[heat] For Biscuit, &c. Mrs. Hopper’s Pan[cake] a splendid substitu[te] [spe]cially adapted King’s R[ising] [?]ne Breakfast “Cut Oat Meal. “White Hominy. “Corn Grits or Samp. “Farina. (From the Best Wheat.) “Golden Corn Meal. “Silver Corn Meal. “Flaked Hominy. The best preparation of Corn ever placed on the market. Makes a delicious breakfast dish or after dinner dessert., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - King [P.2017.95.98]

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