Search results

Title: Pettijohn's breakfast food by the American Cereal Co., address Chicago, U.S.A Everybody can eat it. All the wheat but the overcoat. A delicious and perfect food. Wheat is the natural food of man. "Bear" in mind our trademark. Hold this card up to the light
Description: Thin illustrated trade card depicting a container of Pettijohn's breakfast food. An inverted color container and brown bear printed on verso is visible on recto when held up to the light. The American Cereal Company formed from the merger of several oatmeal millers in 1891., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Pettijohn's [P.9993.3]

Title: [Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co. fine carriages, wagons, etc., South Bend, Ind. trade cards]
Description: Trade cards containing views of "Studebaker Platform Spring Truck. No. 281." and "Studebaker Platform Spring Coal Wagon. No. 481 " Views also show horse teams hitched to the vehicles, the drivers, and background scenery of a storefront and coal mill. One of the cards also contains vignette views of Stuebaker Bros. Mfg. main and branch buildings printed on the verso. Buildings depicted include "Carriage Works, South Bend, Ind."; "Factory & Repository, 203-205 Michigan Ave. Chicago"; and "Wagon & Spring Wagon Works, South Bend, Indiana." Views include street and pedestrian traffic. Strudebaker Bros., established in 1852 and incorporated in 1868, opened a Chicago factory in 1884. Other "Branch Houses" included New York City; San Francisco; Kansas City; Portland, Oregon; St. Joseph, Mo.; and Salt Lake City Utah., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator: Gray & Parker, artist
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.60 & 61]

Title: Compliments of Quinlan & Fisher, 816 Arch Street
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bouquet of flowers. Quinlan & Fisher was a partnership between Francis T. Quinlan and Charles F. Fisher., Advertising text printed on verso promotes Quinlan & Fisher as "Philadelphia's greatest credit house," allowing customers to pay $1 down and $1 per week on a bill of $10. Includes a list of stock offered by the store and a price list printed below it for select items., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Quinlan [P.9651.19]

Title: H.W. Longfellow
Description: Cigar box label containing a bust-length portrait of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow partially framed in garland., Trade Mark., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.111]

Title: Emblem
Description: Cigar box label showing an American eagle in flight and clutching a spear in the light of dawn. The dome of the U.S. Capitol is visible in the background., Letters of title depicted as feathers., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.112]

Title: The best flour inside View of the famous Washburn, Crosby Co. flour mills and St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minn
Description: Illustrated, metamorphic trade card depicting a windmill with panels that open to show bags and a barrel of "Superlative" and "Gold Medal" flour in the foreground and in the background, a bird's eye view of the Washburn-Crosby Co.'s flour mill complex, including "Mill C Elevator", adjacent to the St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also shows a train crossing the Mississippi River near the falls on the curved Stone Arch Bridge, which was built in 1883 by railroad tycoon James J. Hill for his Great Northern Railway. Cadwallader C. Washburn's business began as the Minneapolis Milling Company at the St. Anthony Falls site ca. 1856. John Crosby entered the partnership in 1877. Consolidated into General Mills in 1928 with twenty-six other national mills., Advertising text printed on verso promotes the "Superlative" and "Gold Medal" brands of flour produced by the Washburn-Crosby Co. of Minneapolis, Minnesota., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Washburn [P.9993.2]

Title: [U.S. Wind Engine and Pump Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting the Halladay Standard pumping and geared windmill and the Gem steel wind engine windmill. Includes vignettes of farm life, showing men loading hay onto a horse-drawn cart and a man and his dog herding cattle. The United States Wind Engine and Pump Co. was founded in Batavia, Illinois ca. 1863., Title supplied by cataloger., Advertising text printed on versos promotes the U.S. Wind Engine and Pump Co.'s "Halladay Standard Wind Mill" and "Gem Steel Wind Engine"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - United States [P.9993.8 & 9]

Title: John W. Pechin & Bro. Manufacturers of pure oak leather belting, worsted aprons, lace & picker leather. 228 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Description: Price list for oak leather belting per running foot printed on verso in two columns., Distributor's stamp appears twice on verso: Address orders to Henry Tolman, engineers & general supplies, 228 Arch St., Philad'a, Penna., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Pechin [P.2006.20.34]

Title: Use ideal cut plug
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting an informal portrait of a woman sitting and lounging in a rocking chair with her hands behind her head and her legs crossed., Advertising text printed on verso: Notice. Coupons for pipes will hereafter be found in every package of ideal cut plug and will received instead of the labels. To secure free a handsome brier pipe send twenty-four coupons to Arthur Hagen & Co., 63 North Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. W.B. Tunstall, 43 South Holliday Street, Baltimore, Md. S.W. Venable Tobacco Co., Petersburg, Va. Ideal is the cleanest and best chew or smoke., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Ideal [P.9983.4]

Title: Anniversary greeting. Stern Brothers, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of a landscape surrounded by a large pink rose, leaves and vines., Embossed., Manuscript note on verso: Wishing you many Happy Birthdays. I remain your daughter Mildred., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Stern [P.2002.51.3]

Title: "And Ruth said, intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God." Ruth 1-16
Description: Illustrated trade card based on a copy of the oil painting "Ruth and Naomi" by Philip Hermogenes Calderon., Advertising text printed on verso promotes the "Ruth and Naomi" lithographic reproduction as a souvenir for patrons who submit five "Hires' improved Root Beer!" labels., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Hires [P.9592]

Title: The Bergner & Engel Brewing Co., Philadelphia
Description: Album containing 37 lithographic illustrations documenting the Philadelphia brewing complex on Thirty-second Street between Jefferson, Master and Thompson Streets, including exterior and interior views of individual buildings within the complex and detailed scenes of laborers operating equipment, transporting the finished product to and from railroad stations, and loading it onto ships. Shows exterior and interior views of the office building on Master Street; exterior views of the brew house and milling department, machine repair shop and fermenting houses; interior views of refrigerating machines, the first and second floors of the brew house, fermenting room, beer storage, cooper shops, racking room, wash house, shipping department, boiler house, pump room, electric light machines, machine repair shop, the ale and porter brewery and bottling house; and modes of transport including a refrigerating car, delivery wagon and locomotive. Other plates depict out-of-state depots and offices in Washington D.C.; Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia; Jacksonville, Florida; and Trenton, Sea Isle City, and Atlantic City, New Jersey and commemorative illustrations of the company's first-place winnings at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 and Paris Exposition in 1878., The partnership of Bergner & Engel was formed in 1870 at the brewery of Bergner (erected 1857-1858) following the dissolution of the partnership of brewers Wolf & Engel. Construction of new buildings and additions and the purchase of new equipment for the Brewerytown complex took place in the 1870s. At this time, Bergner & Engel was one of the largest breweries in the country and had an international reputation. Bergner & Engel ceased operations during prohibition., Title from cover., Bound in a fine diagonal-ribbed maroon cloth, black and gilt stamped, with the company's trademark phoenix on the front board., Plates signed A.M.J. Mueller., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 15
Creator: Mueller, A. M. J., artist
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [67310.D]

Title: Our carrier pigeon. Columbus Buggy Co., Columbus
Description: Illustrated trade card die cut and shaped into a carrier pigeon carrying an envelope addressed "Columbus Buggy Co. Columbus" and illustrated with a buggy. The Columbus Buggy Company was formed in 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio and went bankrupt in 1913., Advertising text printed on verso: Geo. M. Peters. C.D. Firestone. O.G. Peters. My mission is to inform you that the Columbus Buggy Co. of Columbus, O. have the largest and most perfectly equipped factory and manufacture the best vehicles in the world. Write them for catalogue and prices before buying., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Columbus [P.9983.2]

Title: Conlen's, 712 Passyunk Avenue, furniture and carpets. (over) Puzzle card
Description: Illustrated puzzle trade card depicting a bucolic country scene with a cottage surrounded by a picket fence. The puzzle requires the viewer to find partially hidden figures including a man mounted on a horse, birds, elephants, and people walking, to name a few., Advertising text printed on verso: Conlen's, 712 Passyunk Ave. Cash or credit. Terms on furniture and carpets made to suit purchasers. Bed room suits from $15.00 to $150.00. Parlor suits from $20.00 to $250.00. Carpets from 25 c to $1.25 per yard. Everything in the way of household and wearing apparel sold on the same easy terms. Conlen'sm 712 Passyunk Ave. Open every evening., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Conlen's [P.9940]

Title: Tygert-Allen Fertilizer Co., office 2 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the terminal, factory complex and railyard adjacent to the piers and wharves at Greenwich Point along the Delaware River in South Philadelphia. Signage reading "Tygert-Allen Fertilizer Co." adorns the storage warehouse on the pier in the foreground, and "Office Tygert-Allen Fertilizer Co." is painted in large letters on a smaller building nearby. The on-deck rail carries cargo on tracks to and from docked ships into the second floor of a long building that sits behind Tygert-Allen's warehouse on the pier. Super phosphates storage, millroom, storeroom, engine house and boiler house are all located within the long building. Locomotives and carts full of freight travel along the railroad tracks that run parallel to the factory buildings. Workers and horse-drawn carts and coaches labor throughout the complex. A barge carrying railroad cars is docked in front of a slip labeled "P.R.R. Ferry". Several lines of elevated railroad tracks carrying carts and locomotives run next to the slip and into the distance. Steamboats with smoke billowing from the stacks and sailing vessels with men on deck approach the piers in the foreground. The Tygert-Allen Fertilizer Co., formed by J.E. Tygert, H.S. Tygert and Penrose Allen about 1889, also operated an office at 2 Chestnut Street. A fire in February 1892 destroyed most of the buildings within the factory complex, causing a loss of about $50,000., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 256
Creator: Packard, Herbert S., 1850-1912, artist
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Industries [P.2008.34.29]

Title: R. & J. Beck, opticians, No. 1016 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia W.H. Walmsley, manager. Spectacles, eye glasses, opera glasses, microscopes, thermometers, telescopes
Description: Illustrated trade cards for R. & J. Beck opticians depicting children attired in long coats with an umbrella walking in the rain toward an anthropomorphic thermometer and children with binoculars and a telescope looking toward an anthropomorphic owl and moon. The owl gazes back through a telescope at the children and their dog. Founded in London in 1843, the company's name changed to R. & J. Beck in 1865., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Beck [1975.F.71-72]

Title: Rolling cigarette
Description: Illustrated trade card for W. Duke Sons & Co., a manufacturing branch of the American Tobacco Co., depicting a female bicycle and trick rider performing in costume. She rolls a cigarette and sits on a penny-farthing or high wheeled bicycle. Also includes a small vignette of a bicycle on verso., Advertising text printed on verso promotes "Honest long cut, the best smoking and chewing tobacco.", One of twenty-five cards included with tobacco packages and issued as one of a series by the American Tobacco Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - American Tobacco [P.2002.9.2]

Title: Geo. W. Allen, hatter, 808 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Description: Trade card illustration for hatter Geo. W. Allen depicts a decorative fan with an illustration of a boy and a girl holding and inspecting a bird's nest with eggs., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Allen [P.9771.1]

Title: Vickery's Aunt Sally baking powder
Description: Trade card illustration depicting a snowy scene. Two white boy, a woman, and a dog stand by a sled. They are under a large barren tree and near the steps of a house. Visible in the background are trees, a body of water and mountains. On the verso, there is a racist illustration of an African American woman holding a tray of biscuits. A speech bubble near her head reads, "Dar's no use talking, Missus' Vickery's Aunt Sally am de best fur biscuits and cakes." Vickery & Co. manufactured Aunt Sally's Baking Soda and was likely founded in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1875. The company's founder, George H. Vickery later moved to Philadelphia after a fire destroyed his business., Title from item., Partially visible advertising text printed on verso: Presented with each box. Vickery's Aunt Sally baking poser, trade mark patented. The secret told. [...] put a laundry gloss on your shirts [...] Buy a bottle of Aunt Sally Harsh Gloss and see how it is done. You [...] with it, it puts that shiny gloss., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Vikery [P.2017.95.183]

Title: Dr. W. W. Wogan
Description: Racist trade card promoting dentist Dr. William W. Wogan and depicting a caricature an African American woman dancing. Shows the woman portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in floral headband, red hoop earrings, green gloves, a pink dress with a white collar and white lace petticoat, and white shoes. She holds her skirt up with her left hand and sticks her left foot forward in a dance step. She tilts her face to the left and curves her right arm up. William W. Wogan (1864-1934) was a dentist in York, Pa., Title from item., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from the history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: Go to Dr. Wogan, to have your teeth extracted. Full sets of teeth from $5.00 to $10.00. All kinds of work done as cheap as elsewhere and satisfaction guaranteed. 12 W. Market Street, York, PA., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Wogan [P.2017.95.193]

Title: Elkhart paper pail
Description: Trade card promoting the Elkhart Paper Pail Company and depicting a racist caricature of an African American man minstrel. The man is attired in a uniform-like costume of a black top hat with a gold band; a blue jacket with gold buttons and epaulettes and a black belt; white pants; white gloves; and black knee-length boots. He pulls on a red cord for a curtain with his right hand. He carries a pail labeled "Elkhart Paper Pail" in his left hand. The Elkhart Paper Pail Company was founded circa 1883. The factory was damaged by fire in 1886 and 1887. The company rebuilt the manufactory and continued operating into the 20th century., Title from item., Date deduced from history of advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: "Elkhart paper pail manufactured by the Elkhart Paper Pail Co. Elkhart Ind., U.S.A." Includes illustration depicting a pail with picture of a deer on the front., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Elkhart [P.2017.95.55]

Title: Finnerty's, the champion of all root beer extracts, 15c. per bottle. 106 Market Street
Description: Racist trade card promoting E.J. Finnerty Jr. & Co.'s patent medicines and depicting a crying African American baby that is suspended from a tree branch. In the center of the image is a baby, attired in a white onesie, that has a white cloth wrapped around their midsection and tied to a blooming cherry tree branch. The baby's eyes are tightly closed, their mouth is open wide, and they grasp a branch of cherry blossoms with their left hand. A straw hat also is on the tree branch. E.J. Finnerty (1863-1901) was a druggist in Philadelphia. He created the firm Finnerty, McClure & Co. in 1891 and continued in the trade until his death., Title from item., Advertising text printed on verso: Go to the old reliable drug store, 106 Market St. Philadelphia, for pure drugs and medicine at the lowest prices. We make a specialty of compounding Physicians' Prescriptions, with great care and promptness. A full line of Perfumes and Toilet Articles always on hand. We will also continue the manufacture and sale of the following well-known and highly recommended remedies: Finnerty's W.C.&H. Expectorant, . Per bottle. Price, 25c. The best remedy for coughs, colds, etc. Finnerty's Beef, Iron and Wine, ... " 50c. The great nutritive tonic. Finnerty's Sarsaparilla, ..." 50c. The best blood purifier. Penn's White Linament, ... 25c. The great rheumatic remedy. Finnerty's Essence Ginger, ... " 25c. The reliable remedy for colic, nausea and debility. Finnerty's Cramp and Diarrhoea Mixture, ... " 25c. A sure cure for cholera morbus and stomach troubles. Finnerty's Liver Granules, ... " 25c. No better in the markey. Finnerty's Catarrh Remedy, ... Per Box 25c. Will cure catarrh, cold in the head and hay fever. Michner's German Dyspepsia Lozenges, ... " 50c. The greatest remedy known for the cure of dyspepsia. E.J. Finnerty, Jr. & Co. Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Finnerty [P.2017.95.63]

Title: Look back gentlemen, into the future
Description: Racist trade card promoting Frederick A. Rex & Company's Peerless Coffee and depicting a caricature of an African American man peddler standing on a stage. The man, attired in a blue plaid suit with gold buttons, a white shirt with an enormous collar around the neck, and black shoes, is portrayed with an oversized head and exaggerated features. He stands behind a small table on a stage, places his left hand on the table, raises his right hand in the air, and winks his left eye. In the right on the stage is top hat turned upside down with an orange cloth coming of out it. In the left leaning against the table is a green umbrella with a black handle. Frederick A. Rex (1850-1916) founded the Frederick A. Rex Company in the 1880s which manufactured coffee and tea. The firm had an office in Philadelphia and a mill in Camden, N.J., Title from item., Place of publication from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from history of advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: The Peerless Coffee, finest coffee sold. Always ask your Grocer for this Popular Brand, and you will be sure to have the best. Roasted and packed by Fred'k A. Rex & Co. 39 North Front St. Philadelphia. Mills, Camden, N.J. Illustration of a square package labeled, "The Peerless Coffee.", Gift of David Doret., Library copy has manuscript inscription on the verso: Emma J. Hottle.
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Fredrick [P.2017.95.65]

Title: Mertens & Phalen, best made clothing. Troy, N.Y
Description: Racist trade card depicting a sentimentalized view of an African American girl. Shows the smiling, cherubic-faced girl in bust-length, standing behind a barely-visible brick wall and holding a white cloth with embroidered edges over it. The girl holds the cloth in both hands as well as an up-turned feathered duster in her right hand. She is attired in an orange and white ruffled cap, an orange bowtie, a white and orange polka dot shirt, and a blue and white striped apron. Visible in the background are flowers and greenery. Mertens & Phalen, a branch of the firm J.M. Merten's & Co., was a retail business in Troy, New York. J.M. Merten's was founded in 1888 after J.M. Merten assumed ownership of a clothing manufacturing business formerly owned by A.C. Yates and Theodore Dissel., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation listed in Dwight Hall Bruce, ed., "Memorial History of Syracuse, N.Y.: From Its Settlement to the Present Time," (H.P. Smith & Company), 636-637., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Mertens [P.2017.95.124]

Title: Gold Dust Washing Powder
Description: Racist die cut trade card illustration advertising a cleaning agent. Image depicts a pair of smiling identical twin African American boys sitting in a wooden tub filled with soapy water. The boys each have an arm wrapped around one another and the boy on the right rests his left arm on the edge of the tub. The boys are both depicted with exaggerated features. Gold Dust Washing Powder was created in the late 1880s by the Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank Soap Company, which was based in New York, and was distributed by the Lever Brothers Company, which was based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The "Gold Dust Twins," "Goldie" and "Dustie," were introdued in the 1890s and were the faces of the brand until the 1950s., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business., Advertising text on verso: Best purest Gold Dust Washing Poweder does more work in less time with less labor than any other at less than half the cost. Buy our large package--it means economy to the consumer. See that the trade mark The "Twins" is on every package. Made only by The N.K. Fairbank Company, Chicago. St. Louis. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. Montreal., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - N.K. Fairbanks [P.2017.95.136]

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: Wm. M. Smith, 474 Broad Street
Description: Racist trade card depicting a snowy scene with several African American figures. At the center of the image is an African American man attired in a long button-down coat with a hood walking past a group of children. He stands with his left hand in his pocket and holds a cane in his right hand. Small hosues, bare trees, a fence, and several people are visible in the background. Three children in the right foreground of the image look up at the man in the center and adog in the left of the image runs in front of him. The figures are portrayed with exaggerated features. William M. Smith owned a clothing store in Newark, New Jersey in the late 19th century., Title from item., Advertising text on verso: 2424. Two thousand, four hundred and twenty-four Customers, whose names and measurements are registered on our books, will attest to the superiority of the "Domestic Shirt" over all others in make, material, fit, and economy. Factory attached to the Store, No. 474 Broad Street opposite Orange St. where the public are cordially invited to examine our Shirts in every stage of manufacture. N.B. The Otto Gas Engine Furnishing the power to run our machines is a marvel of mechanical ingenuity. Wm. M. Smith, 474 Broad Street, Opp. Orange Street., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Smith [P.2017.95.160]

Title: A tip on St. Valentine's day. Lady, I'se a good waiter, but I cain't wait foh'ever!
Description: Racist, Valentine card depicting a caricature of an African American man waiter. Shows the man, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a black jacket with a white lapel, a white apron, black pants, yellow socks, and black shoes, looking to the right. He has a white towel draped over his right wrist, and he holds his index finger up on his left hand. He stands in front of a red heart and speaks in the vernacular that, “I’se a good waiter, but I cain’t wait foh’ever.”, Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Manuscript note on recto: Guess., Manuscript note on verso: G.G., Series number printed on recto: 5V12., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Tip [P.2017.95.252]

Title: With the season's greetings
Description: Racist, holiday greeting card depicting a caricature of an African American man. Shows the bust length portrait of the man facing right with his eyes looking at the viewer. He is portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white hat with a brown band, gold earrings, a white collared shirt with a gold pin, a yellow and red bowtie, and a white jacket with a red flower boutonniere., Title from item., Publication information from the copyright statement: Raphael Tuck & Sons Copyright., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - With [P.2017.95.253]

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: [African American boy doorman carrying a bouquet of flowers]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy doorman or butler. Shows the full-length portrait of the boy attired in a white shirt and bowtie; long, blue coat with gold buttons and trim; white gloves; and white and black boots. He looks at the viewer and smiles as he carries a bouquet of flowers in his left hand. He holds a black top hat with a gold band and a letter 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 2 [P.2017.95.255]

Title: La Bamboula
Description: Racist trade card specimen depicting a caricature of a dancing Black boy. Shows the bare-chested boy, attired in a red, white, and blue feathered headdress and skirt and gold hoop earrings, necklace, bracelets, and anklets. His feet lift off of the ground, and he holds his hands up as he dances and smiles. On the ground beside him is a spiked, wooden club. In the background, green jungle foliage is visible., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - And he got [P.2017.95.197]

Title: Heah I is honey wid dem old time Christmas temptations
Description: Die cut card depicting a racist caricature of an African American man holding a sprig of mistletoe. The man is balding and has tufts of white hair on the sides of his head and is attired in a yellow and purple scarf, a pink and white checked shirt, a black jacket, red mittens, blue and green striped pants, and black shoes. In his left hand he carries a gray hat with a purple band. In his right hand he holds a sprig of mistletoe, made of wire and cloth, and speaks in the vernacular, “heah I is honey wid dem old time Christmas temptations.” Below him is a small red frame with a depiction of a white woman, attired in a pink bonnet, a yellow coat, white socks, and black shoes, leaning in to kiss a white man, attired in a black hat, a blue jacket, green pants, and black shoes. They are flanked by two pine trees in red containers., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Manuscript note on verso: With all the love in the world - Duke & [Ercil?]., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Christmas [P.2017.95.240]

Title: The early bird catches the worm
Description: Racist post card depicting a satiric caricature of an African American man urinating behind a tree and a goose biting him. Shows the man in the left portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a yellow hat, a white shirt, and yellow pants with white cuffs at the bottom. He stands behind a tree to urinate. In the right, a white goose with its wings stretched out has surprised him and bites him. The man opens his mouth wide in alarm., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Series number printed on the recto: 421., Text printed on the verso: Post Card. Place one cent stamp here., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Early [P.2017.95.241]

Title: Foh yo' birfday! De sweetest little flowers, dat eber ah saw grew, am climbing up de birfday fence, a-blossomin' foh you!
Description: Birthday card depicting a racist caricature an African American girl standing as flowers grow over a fence and towards a house. Shows the African American girl portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in an orange dress with purple polka dots, blue shoes, and blue and orange bows in her hair. At her feet are yellow, purple, blue, and orange flowers. She speaks in the vernacular that the flowers are “climbing up de birfday fence,” which is the yellow fence depicted in the right. The flowers, made of cloth, grow over it and towards a house, which has flowers growing on the roof. The house is blue with green shutters that are falling apart., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Manuscript note on recto: Harold- Henry- Florence, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Foh [P.2017.95.242]

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: Who's dar?
Description: Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American man eating honeycomb in a bear’s cave. Shows the barefooted African American man portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a red collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and blue pants with the cuffs rolled up to his knees. He sits on the ground inside a cave and smiles as he holds a large piece of honeycomb in his hands. In the right are many large pieces of honeycomb. In the background, the back of a bear is visible climbing out of the cave through an opening above and to the right of the man's head., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Series number printed on recto: 24., Copyright statement printed on recto: Copyright., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 10 [P.2017.95.221]

Title: Ask for the "Wenck" perfumes. (Warranted the best.) And take no other
Description: Racist trade card promoting the Wenck Perfume Manufacturing Company and depicting a caricature of an older African American man reading a notice on a country grocery store. Shows the man with a white beard and attired in a yellow brimmed hat, a long-sleeved red shirt, red and yellow pants with patches and held up by suspenders, and black shoes. He bends forward to read the sign on the boarded up, dilapidated store. It states in the vernacular that the Johnsing & Skinner Grocery is out of business and that, “Dem as owes de firm, will settle wid me--dey de firm owes will settle wid Skinner. G.W. Johnsing." The African American man is labeled as a creditor who says in the vernacular, “I’ll hab a hundred and fifty cents on de dollar, or I’ll lick de hul firm.” In the right, the man’s donkey is tied to an orange post behind him. In the background, fenced in fields and trees are visible. George J. Wenck founded the Wenck Perfumes Manufacturing Company in 1872. The Firm manufactured perfume into the 20th century., Title from item., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from the history of the advertised business., Text printed on recto: Johnsing & Skinner Grocery. Notis—De firm of Johnsing & Skinner am resolved. Dem as owes de firm, will settle wid me—dey de firm owes will settle wid Skinner. G.W. Johnsing. Creditor of Johnsing & Skinner—“I’ll hab a hundred and fifty cents on de dollar, or I’ll lick de hul firm.”, Advertising text printed on verso: “Wenck’s” Special Perfumes for the Handkerchief. Opera bouquet. Grand Army Bouquet. Queen Mary Bouquet. “Wenck’s” Toilet Water. Florida Water. Lavender Water. Eau Oraline for the Teeth. Gilt Edge Cologne. The “Wenck” Perfumes M’f’g Co., 36 West 14th Street, N.Y., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Wenck [P.2017.95.189]

Title: [African American woman with a cat]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American woman with a cat. Shows the bust-length portrait of a young African American woman with a red flower in her hair and attired in gold hoop earrings, a gold ring, and a brown, long-sleeved dress with white cuffs and a white, lace collar. She looks at the viewer with her right hand on her chest. A white cat is perched on her right shoulder. In the foreground and right background are pink flowers and long, green leaves., 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 5 [P.2017.95.258]

Title: [African man attired in a gold head band]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African man with a gold head band. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man as he looks at the viewer with a serious expression. He is attired in a white shirt with a gold necklace and has bob-length hair with half of it pulled up on top of his head and held in place by a gold band., 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 6 [P.2017.95.259]

Title: [African American attired in a cap]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man attired in a cap. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man portrayed with exaggerated featured facing left. He is attired in a yellow and orange cap with a black brim. An orange shirt collar is visible., 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 8 [P.2017.95.261]

Title: [African American man ministrel playing the bones and dancing]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man minstrel playing the bones and dancing. Shows the full-length portrait of the man attired in a white collared shirt and bowtie, a white waistcoat with blue polka dots, a green and orange jacket with tails, red and white striped pants, and brown shoes. He jumps up in a dance step with his right leg up. He plays the bones in his left 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 3 [P.2017.95.256]

Title: [African American man holding a cigar]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man holding a cigar. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man attired in a white top hat with a blue band, a white shirt with an oversized collar, a white bowtie with red dots, and a blue jacket. He looks at the viewer and smiles as he holds a cigar in his left hand. Red, pink, and white flowers are in the left foreground., 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 4 [P.2017.95.257]

Title: Photographing the baby
Description: Trade card after an 1870 Sol Eytinge Harper's Weekly illustration with white figures depicting a racist, caricaturized genre scene to promote the coach varnish firm Clarence Brooks & Co. Scene shows a white photographer taking the portrait of an African American toddler in hi studio. The African American figures are portrayed with caricatured and exagerrated features. In the right, the white photographer stands next to his camera and tripod. He holds a cloth in his right hand, at his side, and a yellow-colored, monkey-like string puppet in his raised left hand. He wears a beard and is attired in a long brown jacket and blue striped pants. Between him and his young sitter is a framed advertisement above maroon paneling on an olive-colored wall. The advertisement reads: "Clarence Brooks & Co., Fine Coach Varnishes, Cor. West & West 12th Sts." In the left, the African American girl sits stiffly on a plush, green arm chair. Her eyes are opened wide in a surprised expression. She wears a sleeveless pink dress with blue bows at the shoulders. Behind her, in the doorway, are two African American women. The younger woman, likely to be perceived as the girl's mother, peers around from the left of the doorway. She wears a stylish hat, white blouse, and red bow at her neck. An older woman, likely to be perceived as the girl's grandmother, stands in the right of the doorway. She wears a brown-colored bonnet with a large bow around her chin and a brown-colored dress and shawl. Clarence Brooks established his varnish business in 1859 as Brooks and Fitzgerald, later Clarence Brooks & Co. In the early 1880s the firm issued calendars illustrated with African American caricatures in genre scenes, often after Sol Eytinge Harper's Weekly illustrations., Title from item., Publication date inferred from dates of activity of publisher (1888-1892) as cited in Jay Last, The Color Explosion (Santa Ana: Hillcrest Press, 2005)., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program (Junto 2015)., Housed with the Emily Phillips Advertising Card Collection., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator: National Bank Note Co.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brooks [P.2016.17.1]

Title: [An African woman carrying an infant, an African man carrying bones, and an African woman carrying a scepter dancing]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African woman carrying an infant, an African man carrying bones, and an African woman carrying a scepter dancing. Shows the bare-breasted African woman, in the left, attired in a red headband, gold hoop earrings, a gold necklace, gold bracelets and armlets, a pink, blue, and white striped skirt, and pink shoes, smiling as she looks at the viewer. She carries a green and red umbrella in her right hand. Her left hand reaches to the smiling infant, wrapped in a gold cloth, on her back. In the center is the barefooted African man, attired in gold hoop earrings, gold bracelets and armlets, a gold necklace, a red feather in his hair, yellow and orange striped shorts, and gold anklets, carrying bones in each hand. His left leg is lifted up in a dance step as he waves his arms over his head. He opens his eyes and mouth wide as he looks at the viewer. In the right, the bare-breasted, barefooted African woman has her hair tied back with orange ribbons and is attired in gold hoop earrings, a white lace collar, gold armlets, white and blue bracelets, and a yellow, pink, and white striped skirt. She twists her body in a dance step as she smiles and looks up toward the gold scepter that she carries in her hands., 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 32 [P.2017.95.284]

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: [African American man looking through a hand lense]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man looking through a hand lense or magnifying glass. Shows the man attired in a red top hat with a black band, a white collared shirt, a white bowtie with a gold pin, a yellow waistcoat, a blue jacket with gold buttons, off-white gloves, and red and white striped pants. He stands facing to the left and looks through a hand lense or magnifying glass, which he holds in his right hand., 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 34 [P.2017.95.286]

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 minstrel playing the flute]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man minstrel playing the flute. Shows the full-length portrait of the man attired in a brown hat, a white collared shirt with red polka dots, a blue jacket with green plaid cuffs, green plaid pants, and red and black shoes. He smiles at the viewer as he holds a flute in both of his hands., 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 36 [P.2017.95.288]

Title: [African American man minstrel playing the violin]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man minstrel playing the violin. Shows the full-length portrait of the man attired in a black top hat, a white collared shirt, a blue jacket with red lapels and tails, blue pants, and black shoes. He plays the violin, resting it underneath his chin, and sweeps the bow over the strings with this 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 37 [P.2017.95.289]

Main menu

Pages