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Title: Independence Square recruiting camps. [graphic]. James Queen del.
Description: Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Tradecard depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
Date: 1862.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W183.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W183 [(2)5786.F.138b]

Title: Your influence and patronage is respectfully solicited.
Description: Trade card for stationery., Provenance: Gift of David Doret, 2007., Provenance: Advertisements in the collection were sent by various manufacturers to John C. Clark & Sons, a Philadelphia stationery firm.
Creator: Eckstein, Nagle & Co., creator
Date: [ca. 1867].
Location: Doret Ephemera

Title: Independence Square recruiting camps. [graphic]. James Queen del.
Description: Printed on recto: Childrens Central Clothing Emporium. M. Shoemaker No. 2 North Eighth Street Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Trade card depicting well-dressed children on the central promenade of Independence Square when used as Camp Independence, Civil War recruitment camp, in September and October 1862. Tents manned by soldiers line the promenade and the children who carry drums, flags, and a hoop, walk between a group of men and a mother and son. Mary Shoemaker operated from 2 North Eighth Street circa 1862-circa 1864.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer., creator
Date: 1862.
Location: http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W183.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W183 [(2)5786.F.138b]

Title: Thompson Black's Son & Co., tea dealers, n.w. corner Broad & Chestnut sts., Philada
Description: Trade card for the grocer and tea dealer illustrated with a scene showing an upper-class Chinese couple being served tea by a servant. The man and woman each hold a fan. Pagaodas, a bridge, and landscape are visible in the background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: c1867
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.176c]

Title: Kremintz, white lead, zinc and color works. McKnight & Co., manufacturers, importers, and wholesale dealers, Twenty-Second & Race sts. Philadelphia We manufacture a chemically pure carbonate of lead; and also manufacturers , importers, and dealers in all grades & qualities of leads & zinc paints, colors, &c
Description: Trade card containing an exterior view of the "Kremintz, White Lead, Zinc and Color Works. McKnight & Co." factory and fenced courtyard. Laborers load a horse-drawn wagon near the entryway and another wagon travels down the street. View also includes several smokestacks., Printed above image: G. S. McKnight. Cicero Hunt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.154c]

Title: [Trade cards containing a view of the Rhine Valley]
Description: Trade cards for wine and beer importers John Brueck (617 S. Third St.) and John Betz containing a view of a village along the Rhine River. Betz trade card, possibly a proof, also includes vignettes depicting a wine bottle and glass, and a bunch of grapes. Brueck operated a tavern in 1862., Title supplied by cataloger., Name of printer from P.9349.154k., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.154k&o & 189a]

Title: F. & L. Ladner's Military Hall. No. 532 North Third St. Philadelphia Free concerts nightly
Description: Tradecard containing an exterior view of the saloon and concert hall built 1857 on the 500 block of North Third Street. Male patrons convene at and near the entry as pedestrians, including women, walk past the three-and one-half-story twin building with showcase windows. In the street, a horse-drawn carriage is parked and a "Richmond & Navy Yard/Second & Third St." street car travels. Also shows partial views of adjacent businesses, including a tobacconist. The Ladners operated the hall 1857-1881., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 221, See related advertisement print **BW - Hotels, Inns & Taverns [P.9008], Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.153o]

Title: Kunzman & Hall, practical lithographers, no. 216 1/2 Walnut Street Philadelphia Maps, show cards, checks, bill heads, drafts &c. &c. Neatly executed
Description: Tradecard with text embellished with flourishes. Kunzman & Hall partnered in 1866. Possibly a partnership between George Kunzman and (Henry or James?) Hall., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 50
Creator: Kunzman & Hall
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.149j]

Title: Gottleib Hartung's wine & lager beer hall and restaurant. Importer of Rhenish and Neckar wines, No. 512 Race St., Philadelphia
Description: Tradecard containing a view of the three-and-one-half story beer hall and restaurant adorned with signage reading "G. Hartung Hotel." A patron enters the establishment as a man, probably the proprietor, stands near the entrance. A laborer emerges from the cellar holding a keg. Kegs and a case of liquor bottles line the sidewalk near a horse-drawn dray situated in the street for loading. Hartung established his business on Race Street in 1860 and remained proprietor until his death in 1879, after which his wife Susannah assumed operations., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 323, Weiss operated from 600 Chestnut Street in the early 1860s., See Philadelphia Inquirer, October 25, 1879 for Hartung's obituary.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.143b]

Title: Mayer, Strouse & Baum's continental bitters. No. 116 North 3rd St. Philadelphia Importers of wines, brandies, gin &c
Description: Tradecard containing a vignette of the "Continental Hotel, Philadelphia" at 824-838 Chestnut Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and a man on horseback. Mayer, Strouse & Baum, was active 1861-1863. The hotel was built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 462, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.140g]

Title: Mayer, Strouse & Baum's continental bitters. No. 116 North 3rd St. Philadelphia Importers of wines, brandies, gin &c
Description: Tradecard containing a vignette of the "Continental Hotel, Philadelphia" at 824-838 Chestnut Street. View also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, an omnibus, and a man on horseback. Mayer, Strouse & Baum, was active 1861-1863. The hotel was built 1860 after the designs of John McArthur, Jr., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 462, Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date: [ca. 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.140g]

Title: Stern, Jonas & Co. No. 218 North Third Street, Philadelphia
Description: Tradecard containing an exterior view of the five-story "leaf tobacco segars" store adorned in signage. Two gentlemen convene at the entry while a laborer loads crates onto a large horse-drawn wagon with a driver at the reigns. Crates marked "Leaf Tobacco" and "Segars" line the sidewalk near the wagon. Also contains partial views of adjacent businesses, including signage reading "...are" and "...ghaus." Image surrounded by a decorative border. The tobacconist firm Stern, Jonas, & Co., comprised of partners Meno Stern, Julius Jonas, and Gustav Isaac, was active in 1864., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, See related unillustrated tradecard for firm. [P.9349.147i], Stein & Jones established in 1859 was active under that name until the death of Stein in 1871.
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.147r]

Title: F. Moras, lithographer, 109 Sth Fourth St. Philadelphia
Description: Tradecard with ornamental lettering, floral details, and a banner. Moras operated from the address 1860-1866. Moras, a German-born lithographer established his own firm in 1853 from which he retired in 1890. The firm continued to operate until the late 1890s., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 28
Creator: Moras, Ferdinand, 1821-1908
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.151p]

Title: W. Boell, practical lithographer and engraver, 311 Walnut Street Philadelphia Lithographic drawing, engraving & printing. Orders in all branches of the lithographic art executed in the best style
Description: Tradecard illustrated with two female allegorical figures representing Prosperity (left) and Art (right). Figure of Abundance wears a Roman-style gown, with one breast exposed, and rests one hand on a cornucopia filled with fruits and grains. She leans toward the direction of Art who wears netting in her hair and a draped gown. She holds a paint brush in one hand and a palette in the other. She looks toward Abundance. Grass, twigs, and bushes surround the figures. Boell, a French-born lithographer, worked in New York 1854-1858 before relocating to Philadelphia, where he was active until the 1880s. He operated from 311 Walnut Street circa 1859-circa 1865., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 107, Forms part of Specimens Album [P.9349].
Creator: Boell, William
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.151s]

Title: Routes of the two parades by the soldiers and sailors, Friday, October 2d, 1868
Description: Trade card by Blood & Chew with text describing the divisions and the route for a soldiers' and sailors' parade on Friday, October 2d, 1868. Includes two woodcuts, one depicting a Civil War soldier with a bayonet, and the other a sailor, both attired in uniforms., Not in Wainwright., Advertising text running the length of the card on the right side reads "neat lithographing and wood engraving," and on the left, "all varieties of plain & ornamental printing.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 81
Date: 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Trade cards - B [(1)1322.F.185]

Title: Ruclius & Kinlzbach doll manufacturers Philadelphia
Description: Trade card containing a whimsical border composed of depictions of dolls. Includes harlequins, Punch, and dolls attired in Arabic, peasant, and traditional costume., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.151b]

Title: L. Kausz successor to H. Kausz , manufacturer & importer of and dealer in artist's materials, 810 Walnut Street Philadelphia
Description: Trade card containing an image of an artist's palette. Advertising text depicted as on palette. Leonard Kausz succeeded Henry Kausz following his death in 1863 and operated from 810 Walnut Street by 1865., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., M.H. Traubel & Co. operated from 1853 to circa 1857.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.146m]

Title: Baltz, Stitz, & Co. Importers & dealers in brandies, wines, gins &c. Bourbon & rye whiskies. No. 333 North 37th St. Philadelphia Fred. Baltz. John Stiltz. Andrew Bold
Description: Trade card containing corner vignettes representing the wine and liquor trade. Vignettes depict clusters of casks and wine bottles and a cherubic figure seated on a cask and a shepherd-like figure., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.149d&154p]

Title: William & Coons, importers of fancy goods. Manufacturers of pocket books, no. 19 North Fourth St. Philadelphia Saml. W. Williams. Joseph Coons
Description: Trade card containing a central vignette showing a pocket book., P. 9349.146f contains gilt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.141l&146f]

Title: William & Coons, importers of fancy goods. Manufacturers of pocket books, no. 19 North Fourth St. Philadelphia Saml. W. Williams. Joseph Coons
Description: Trade card containing a central vignette showing a pocket book., P. 9349.146f contains gilt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.141l&146f]

Title: H. Thompson, plumber & gas fitter, no. 1110 Germantown Road & Second St., Philadelphia Pumps, vitriol and chemical apparatus, hydrants, baths, bath boilers, lead & copper, pipe of best quality. Stores, dwellings, churches and factories fitted up for gas & water in the best manner, and the most reasonable terms
Description: Trade card containing vignettes depicting a hydrant and gas lamp chandelier. Also includes a border designed with ornate cornices., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.139i]

Title: Louis Thoenebe & Co.'s lager beer saloon, 337 Chestnut St. Philadelphia Lunch from 10 to 12 o'clock. Choice brands of wines and liquors constantly kept on hand
Description: Trade card containing a vignette depicting King Gambrinus, the "Beer King." Vignette also includes filigree pictorial details., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.139o], | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.139i]

Title: Fairbanks' standard scales. Buy only the genuine
Description: Trade card depicting a scene on a farm. A farmer, sits on a rock, and watches as an agent weighs a horse-drawn cart loaded with hay with a "Fairbanks Standard Scale." In the background, another Fairbanks' agent weighs cows on a platform scale in a pen. View also shows hay stacks in the distance. Fairbanks' Scales was established in 1830., "Principal Warehouses," including in Philadelphia listed on verso., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Specimens Album Loose Prints Collection - Advertising Specimens [P.9349.366]

Title: United we stand. Divided we fall
Description: Racist, satiric trade card promoting the Great American Tea Company. Depicts in two panels an African American man knocking down two African American children eating a candy stick by opening the cellar doors they were sitting on. In the left panel, shows caricatures portrayed with exaggerated features of two barefooted African American children sitting on top of slanted cellar doors. In the left, the boy, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants with suspenders, holds a striped candy stick in his mouth. In the right, the girl, attired in a bonnet and a dress, shares the same candy stick and sucks the opposite end in her mouth above the caption, “united we stand.” In the right panel, an African American man has come up from inside the cellar and stands holding both doors open in his hands. He is attired in a white shirt, a striped vest, striped pants, and a cap, and holds a pipe in his mouth. The boy has been thrown off of the door and lies in the left on the ground with the candy stick still in his mouth. The girl has also been flung from the top of the door and lies on the ground beside the cellar with only her feet and left hand visible, as the caption reads, “divided we fall.” George Gilman (1826-1901), a tea and coffee merchant, founded the Great American Tea Company in 1863. He opened a number of stores in New York City and started a national mail order business. The firm was renamed the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company in 1870, though the Great American Tea Company name was still used in the mail order business. George Huntington Hartford (1833-1917) took over management of the company from 1878 to 1917 and grew the business into the chain of grocery stores known as A&P., 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: The most useful every day premium ever sent out, is our latest and newest design of dinner set, genuine imported English white granite, containing 126 pieces. No crazing—no cracking. Use it for breakfast, dinner and supper. This is just the set for every day use. We will give one of these imported white granite dinner sets, (126 pieces) AWAY with a $40.00 order. Every Lady likes to have a nice closet of dishes—your closet is not complete without this set. Don’t fail to get up an order for our celebrated new goods, --teas, coffees and baking powder. As a trial order we will send 3 ½ pounds, of our best teas, by mail, postage prepaid on receipt of list price. Only pure goods sold. The Great American Tea Company, N.B.—Get “The Lalla Rookh Dress Cutting System Chart.” The Greatest Boon to the Ladies., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Great [P.2017.95.75]

Title: Buy the light running Domestic sewing machine
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American boy running on a beach. Visible behind and beneath the boy are five footsteps imprinted in the sand which bear the trade card's advertising text. Driftwood, is depicted near the edge of the shoreline. In the far background, sail boats, trees, and a lighthouse are visible. In the right of the image are a tree and grass. The boy is attired in striped pants with one suspender strap and carries a chicken by its legs in his left hand. Oren A. Peck opened his furniture store in 1869 in Fair Haven, Vermont., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business., Text printed on recto: Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and departing leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time., Advertising text on verso: Oren A. Peck, mammoth dealer in furniture, carpets, upholstery, sewing machines, &c. Also general undertaker. Large line of fine and medium caskets, robes, etc. Two fine hearses. Main Street, Fair Haven, Vt., Printed in light red ink., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Oren [P.2017.95.143]

Title: Robinson's sura cura for rheumatism, &c., &c. Dr. Prior's cough balsam
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting a white man opening the door of his home to find an African American baby in a basket on the doorstep. The white man is attired in pajamas and a sleeping cap. He holds a candelabrum in his left hand and looks at the baby with a surprised expression. The baby kicks their right leg up and raises their right hand in a fist while holding the handle of the basket with their left hand. Superimposed over the scene is a painter's palette with splotches of paint and text advertising Robinson's Sura Cura and Dr. Prior's Cough Balsam. R.W. Robinson & Son manucatured Robinson's Sura Cura and also operated a wholesale drugstore located on Greenwich Street in New York. The business was founded in 1835 and was known as Bush & Gale until 1857 when R.W. Robinson joined the firm. The partnership dissolved in 1870 and Robinson's son, F.M. Robinson, joined the firm. Prior Medicine Co. was based in Middletown, New York in the late 19th century., Title from item., Text printed on recto: A Male Package., Advertising text printed on verso: The household remedies. Robinson's Sura Cura, the sure cure for rheumatism, neuralgia, malaria, and a specific for all diseases arising from an impure state of the blood. Price, 50 cents and $1.00 per bottle. Dr. Prior's Cough Balsam, the best botanical remedy known for the prevention and cure of consumption, and all lung and throat complaints, cures sore throat, diptheria, whooping cough, croup, asthma. Read testimonials on circulars., Distributor's imprint on verso: Dr. AS Gibbs, Hope NJ., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Robinson [P.2017.95.150]

Title: E. Schoeneck, dealer in choice groceries, provisions, flour, etc., 359 W. Lake Street, Chicago
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American man and boy walking through a valley alongside a river. The man is attired in a hat, a jacket with patches, and pants with a patch on the right knee. The boy is attired in a shirt and pants that are torn at the hems. The man carries a stick with a sack at the end over his left shoulder and holds a walking stick in his right hand. The boy holds a sack in his left hand. Mountains and a shrub are visible in the background. Both figures are portrayed with exaggerated features. Elizabeth Schoeneck was a grocer who immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1851., Title from item., Text printed on recto: The exodus, why are they leaving? If you want to see, heat the card., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Shoeneck [P.2017.95.155]

Title: Star Clothing House, 808 Elm St
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting a white man pasting advertisements on an unattended horse and a carriage. The carriage's driver, an African American man, gestures at the white man to get him to stop. The white man is attired in a flat cap, a collared shirt, suspenders, checkered pants, and boots. He carries a messenger bag and holds a pasting brush in his right hand. A bucket of paste is visible on the ground to the left of the man. The African American man is attired in a hat, a jacket, a vest, and a collared shirt. He holds a whip in his right hand and raises both arms in the air. A caption in the bottom left of the image reads, "The Latest.", Title from item., Advertising text printed on verso: The Star Clothing House is the place for you to get any-thing made. Entire line of clothing at the bottom figures. 808 Elm Street., Text printed on recto: For honest goods we warrant our prices lower than the lowest, and [..]h every suit from $10 up we give a hat such as purchasers may select., Printer's imprint partially legible., Series number printed in left corner on recto: 464., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Star [P.2017.95.167]

Title: Do they miss me at home?
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting a caricature of a young African American girl, possibly a satirical personification of the popular mid-19th century song of the same title. Shows the barefooted girl, attired in a baby doll dress, her hair in short coils, and the fingers of one hand in her mouth as, in the other, she holds the string of a rolling pull toy horse visible behind her. Published in 1852 and composed by S. M. Grannis with lyrics by Caroline Atherton Mason, "Do they Miss Me at Home" was written in the voice of a homesick girl away at school. The song remained popular through the Civil War when translated to the voice of soldiers. Bufford, later J. H. Bufford's Sons, issued trade cards 1870-1875 containing images portraying racial and ethnic stereotypes, as well as personfications of popular 19th-century songs, ballads, and poems., Title from item., Date inferred from style of copyright statement: Copyrighted, Bufford, Boston., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Do they [P.2017.95.203]

Title: Mrs. O'Toole- Give it to im Mickey, t'was for de loikes of sich as him, yer fayther got kilt in the war
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting an Irish boy portrayed in caricature preparing to fight an African American boy portrayed in caricature. Shows the Irish mother, Mrs. O’Toole, attired in a bonnet, a polka dotted scarf, and a long-sleeved shirt, holding a pipe in her left hand and leaning out of a window. She speaks in the vernacular to her son, Mickey, that "t’was for de loikes of sich as him, yer fayther got kilt in the war." In the center outside of the house, the barefooted son Mickey, attired in a hat, a torn long-sleeved shirt, a vest, and pants, holds his left hand in front of his chest as he angrily looks at the African American boy in the right. The African American boy carries a hoop and stick toy in his hands and opens his mouth in alarm. In the background, clothes hang from a clothesline., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Illustration printed in red ink., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Mrs. O'Toole [P.2017.95.206]

Title: United we stand. Divided we fall
Description: Racist, satiric trade card specimen depicting in two panels an African American man knocking down two African American children eating a candy stick by opening the cellar doors they were sitting on. In the left panel, shows caricatures portrayed with exaggerated features of two barefooted African American children sitting on top of slanted cellar doors. In the left, the boy, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants with suspenders, holds a striped candy stick in his mouth. In the right, the girl, attired in a bonnet and a dress, shares the same candy stick and sucks the opposite end in her mouth above the caption, “united we stand.” In the right panel, an African American man has come up from inside the cellar and stands holding both doors open in his hands. He is attired in a white shirt, a striped vest, striped pants, and a cap, and holds a pipe in his mouth. The boy has been thrown off of the door and lies in the left on the ground with the candy stick still in his mouth. The girl has also been flung from the top of the door and lies on the ground beside the cellar with only her feet and left hand visible, as the caption reads, “divided we fall.”, Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - United [P.2017.95.210]

Title: Frank Miller's crown dressing Yes missus dat am de Crown of Dressing shua!
Description: Racist trade card depicting an African American maid shining a white woman's boots. The African American woman is depicted in profile and holds a bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing in her left hand. The white woman holds up the skirt of her dress to reveal her left boot. The maid is attired in a head wrap, a dress with the sleeves rolled, an apron, and flat shoes. The white woman is attired in a ruffled, dark-colored dress, flowers in her hair, and leather boots. A bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing sits atop an ornamented table. A bottle of Frank Miller's Crown dressing is also printed on the verso. A tassel is visible above the bottle and a curtain is visible behind it. Frank Miller & Co. was a New York manufacturer of shoe polish based in Manhattan. The company was founded in the 1860s and continued operating throughout the late 19th century., Title from item., Printed in red ink., Distributor's imprint printed on recto: John Cottrill, boots, shoes, trunks, &c, Wallingford, Conn., Advertising text printed on verso: Frank Miller's Crown Dressing in 4-oz. bottles, with wire, sponge, and cork. Gives a rich gloss, with a deep and durable color. While most dressings crack the leather, the Crown does not injure it in the least, and for ladies' and children's boots and shoes is rapidly displacing all others., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Miller [P.2017.95.130]

Title: Frank Miller's blacking
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American man walking down a street past two white male onlookers and with a small white man behind him. The African American man stands tall with his right hand tucked into the breast of his coat and his legs crossed. He carries a cane in his left hand and smokes a cigar. He is attired in a top hat, a collared shirt, a bowtie, a coat, striped slim-fitting pants, and heeled shoes. The two white men stand with their hands in their pockets and are attired in top hats, coats, pants, and dark-colored shoes. The small white man stands in an identical pose to the African American man and carries a box in his left hand. He is attired in a coat, a vest, pants with a patch, and shoes. The African American man is depicted with exaggerated features. Frank Miller & Co. was a New York manufacturer of shoe polish based in Manhattan. The company was founded in the 1860s and continued operating throughout the late 19th century., Title from item., Date inferred from content and genre of print., Text printed on recto: Over., Advertising text printed on verso: Frank Miller's peerless black[in]g. This article will fully meet the requirements [of the] dealer and consumer, as to quality and appearance, [for] the general consumption of the country. It gives a quick [radiant], jet black gloss, without injury to the [?]. Frank Miller's improved French blacking gives a quick, brilliant and durable polish with positive nourishment to the leather. It is different in composition from common blackings, being based upon the French pro-cess, with every vluable feature of the French style retained, while such improvements have been made as to insure a dryer and more durable gloss, with increaed pliability of the leather., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Miller [P.2017.95.129]

Title: Frank Miller's crown dressing Yes missus dat am de Crown of Dressing shua!
Description: Racist trade card depicting an African American maid shining a white woman's boots. The African American woman is depicted in profile and holds a bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing in her left hand. The white woman holds up the skirt of her dress to reveal her left boot. The maid is attired in a head wrap, a dress with the sleeves rolled, an apron, and flat shoes. The white woman is attired in a ruffled, dark-colored dress, flowers in her hair, and leather boots. A bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing sits atop an ornamented table. A tassel is visible above the bottle and a curtain is visible behind it. Frank Miller & Co. was a New York manufacturer of shoe polish based in Manhattan. The company was founded in the 1860s and continued operating throughout the late 19th century., Title from item., Several lines of advertising text printed on verso; text is not visible., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Miller [P.2017.95.128]

Title: Frank Miller's crown dressing Yes missus dat am de Crown of Dressing shua!
Description: Racist trade card depicting an African American maid shining a white woman's boots. The African American woman is depicted in profile and holds a bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing in her left hand. The white woman holds up the skirt of her dress to reveal her left boot. The maid is attired in a head wrap, a dress with the sleeves rolled, an apron, and flat shoes. The white woman is attired in a ruffled, dark-colored dress, flowers in her hair, and leather boots. A bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing sits atop an ornamented table. A bottle of Frank Miller's Crown dressing is also printed on the verso. A tassel is visible above the bottle and a curtain is visible behind it. Frank Miller & Co. was a New York manufacturer of shoe polish based in Manhattan. The company was founded in the 1860s and continued operating throughout the late 19th century., Title from item., Printed in red ink., Advertising text printed on verso: Frank Miller's Crown Dressing in 4-oz. bottles, with wire, sponge, and cork. Gives a rich gloss, with a deep and durable color. While most dressings crack the leather, the Crown does not injure it in the least, and for ladies' and children's boots and shoes is rapidly displacing all others., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Miller [P.2017.95.127]

Title: Alexander Young, grain distiller, South Street, above Fourth, Phila
Description: Tradecard showing the “South Street Grain Distillery,” formerly the Southwark Theatre (closed in 1817) and adjacent “Malt House” on the 400 block of South Street. A fenced courtyard separates the processing plants in front of which horse-drawn carts are lined. The vehicles, attended by drivers, arrive for and receive deliveries. Barrels line the sidewalk in front of the distillery and a laborer is visible at the third-floor receiving entrance of the building. Also shows pedestrian and street traffic, including men conversing, ladies strolling, and a man on horseback.The distillery building was removed circa 1908. Young & Co., founded by Alexander Young and John Maitland in 1823, was known for the Y.P.M. brand of rye whiskey., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00007, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 12, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:1A
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 26:1A

Title: T. Sinclair's lithographic establishment removed from 311 Chestnut to 506 & 508 North St. bet. Market & Arch Bonds, maps, certificates, bill heads, circulars, show cards, checks, labels, scientific plates. Drawings of every description and chromo lithography in the finest style of the art
Description: Advertisement for the Philadelphia lithographer containing a whimsical scene with costumed figures in a theater box. Thomas Sinclair started his lithographic career in Philadelphia ca. 1838 and in 1840 operated his own establishment. Sinclair relocated to North Street in 1868., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 94, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Ephemera Late Trade Print 0113
Creator: Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881
Date: [1868]
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Ephemera Late Trade Print 0113

Title: Our relations at home and abroad.
Description: Stephen's album drolleries no. 1., Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War. First nine cards show the British "surly lion" giving a "generous roar," (i.e., the recognition by Great Britain of the Confederacy); which "temporarily astonishes" the "Gallic Cock"; who eventually overpowers the lion; who later weeps "is he not a bird and brother" for a crow, (i.e. a slave of the South) at Exter Hall; "which he forgets in the embrace of the "Belligerent Wolf of the C.S.A." while stepping on the crow; which leads to his "arming of the wolf"; while the Mexican vulture is garroted by the Gallic cock (i.e., French intervention in Mexico); causing the lion to protect his rams with the introduction of the "Swamp Angel" and Greek fire,( i.e. the bombing of Charleston) by the American eagle; which causes the "grand combat" between the eagle and the wolf. Last three cards predict "to consult history" to see the Union victory of the eagle over the wolf; the eagle vindicating the Monroe Doctrine in Mexico by overthrowing the Gallic cock; and the little child Liberty leading the supplicant British lion and Gallic cock., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55a-l]

Title: Exeter Hall. The Lion weeps: "Is he not a bird and a brother?" [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the lion who weeps "is he not a bird and brother" for a crow, (i.e. a slave of the South) at Exter Hall. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55i]

Title: Grand tableau of the future. The little child, Liberty, shall lead them. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the little child Liberty leading the supplicant British lion and Gallic cock. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55a]

Title: For the precise period at which this occurred, consult history. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the victory of the eagle over the wolf. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55c]

Title: The Eagle vindicates the Monroe Doctrine in Mexico. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the eagle vindicating the Monroe Doctrine in Mexico by overthrowing the Gallic cock. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55b]

Title: Introduction of Master Swamp Angel: the Lion pockets his Rams. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the lion protecting his rams with the introduction of the "Swamp Angel" and Greek fire, ( i.e. the bombing of Charleston) by the American eagle. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55e]

Title: Grand combat between the Eagle and the Wolf. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the eagle and the wolf fighting. The lion hangs out of a window above the fight scene, near the words "police ; murder". Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55d]

Title: The arming of the Wolf by his faithful squire. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the lion arming the wolf. The wolf stands with one foot on the lap of the lion, who is fixing his boots. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55g]

Title: Which temporarily astonished even the Gallic Cock. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the British lion roaring and astonishing the Gallic cock. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55k]

Title: Who responded with warlike vigor when the Lion caved. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the Gallic cock overpowering the British lion. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55j]

Title: The Mexican Vulture garroted by the Gallic Cock. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., The Gallic cock is strangling the Mexican vulture and has his knife raised, about to stab him in this scene (i.e., French intervention in Mexico). Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55f]

Title: On England's muggy shore a surly lion gave a grievous roar! [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the British lion roaring from the coast of England, with the "Trent" (RMS Trent of the Trent Affair) steamship afloat in the background. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55l]

Title: Which he forgets in the embrace of the belligerent Wolf of the C.S.A. [graphic]
Description: Attributed to James Queen after Henry Louis Stephens., Title from accompanying wrapper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Depicts the lion and the wolf shaking hands, and stepping on the crow. Forms part of a collection of twelve numbered and captioned comic cards satirizing the diplomatic relations between the United States, Confederate States, Great Britain, France, and Mexico during the Civil War., Added to African Americana Digital Collection 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: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer., creator, Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882 artist., creator
Date: c1863.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Henry Lewis Stephens Collection [5780.F.55h]

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