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- Title
- Five Brothers plug tobacco "the best"
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting tobacco manufacturer John Finzer Bros. and depicting an African American girl and a white girl looking at a newspaper together. The two girls sit side-by-side on a stone wall with their naked backsides revealed to the viewer. In the left, the blond-haired white girl is barefooted and attired in a pink hat with blue trim and a short-sleeved pink dress with white lace around the neck and sleeves. In the right, the African American girl is attired in a short-sleeved white dress with blue stripes with lace around the sleeves and gold buttons at the top of the back. Both girls' dresses are open at the back revealing their naked bottoms. They hold a newspaper titled "Tale of Two Cities." The white girl points her finger at an advertisement for "Five Brothers Plug" in the paper. In the foreground are a number of blooming white and pink flowers. In the background several trees are visible. Five Brothers Tobacco Works, later called J. Finzer Brothers Company, was established by the five Finzer brothers: John, Benjamin, Frederick, Rudolph, and Nicholas in 1866 in Louisville, Kentucky. American Tobacco Company acquired the firm in the early 20th century., 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: The little "Narrative" on the other side is plainly if briefly told. That "Five Brothers Plug Tobacco is the Best" is our opinion. It is certainly the best we can make by employing only the choicest selections out of the highest grade Leaf Tobacco marketed, and using in connection with the same absolutely pure ingredients to produce flavor and a palatable chew. We now want your judgment. Ask for Five Brothers Plug, and we believe you will always use it. John Finzer & Bros. maufacturers, Louisville, Kentucky., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Five Brothers [P.2017.95.64]
- Title
- Mirth! music! originality! The success of the season! "Jollities"
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting “The Electrical Doll” play at the Gaiety Theatre in Boston. Depicts a caricature of an older African American man, possibly a peddler, carrying a dead duck and a basket of produce. The man is balding and has tufts of white hair on the sides of his head and is attired in plaid pants, a collared shirt, a collared jacket, and a plaid scarf tied around his neck. He holds a dead duck by the legs in his left hand. Around his left shoulder, he carries a straw handled basket, which has the leaves of a vegetable sticking out of it. Behind him in the background is a shelf that has a bottle and a glass on it. The Gaiety Theatre in Boston was located on Washington Street between West and Avery Streets. The 800-seat theater operated from 1878 to 1882 when it became the Bijou Theatre. Charles Atkinson with his Jollities theatre troupe produced comedic plays, including “The Electrical Doll,” which was written by Clinton G. Parrefield with music by J. Adalim. It first appeared in December, 1879 and ran for a number of years in America and Europe., Title from item., Publication information and date inferred from the content., Text printed on the recto: (Over.), Advertising text printed on the verso: Boston Press Notes. [Boston Herald, Dec. 14.]“Standing room only.” and precious little of that, was what late comers at the Gaiety Theatre found last evening. One of the largest audiences ever gathered in this cosy little house extended to the ‘Jollities’ Combination such a welcome as to dispel all doubts, if, indeed, any existed, that the levees to be given during the present week by “The Electrical Doll” will be little short of a perfect ovation.” [Boston Post, Dec. 14.] “The ‘Jollities’ presented the ‘Electrical Doll,” the funniest of all musical absurdities, before an over-flowing house last evening at the Gaiety, and gave universal satisfaction.” [Boston Globe, Dec. 14.] The Jollities. “There was not a vacant seat at the cosy Gaiety last evening. Why? Simply from the fact that Manager Gouge, who knows just what a Boston audience requires, gave one of the best performances that has graced this theatre this season. If good acting, splendid singing, bright and witty dialogue, with a capital orchestra—whose sparkling music was rendered under the baton of J.A. Norris in such an acceptable manner that encores were demanded—deserve to be called first-class, then a faint idea may be conceived of the excellencies of the Jollities Combination entertainment.”, [Boston Journal, Dec. 14.] Gaiety Theatre—“The Jollities Combination is well named, for jollier lot of performers could scarcely be brought together. At the Gaiety Theatre, last night, they appeared before a large audience in a two-act musical piece entitled ‘The Electrical Doll.” On the bills the piece is called an ‘absurdity,’ and it is deliciously absurd, yet marked by a consistency that places it as a composition for the stage very far ahead of the majority of similar productions. The Jollities deserve full houses during their stay of a week, and all who attend their clever entertainments are certain to be pleased.”, Printed with green ink., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Gaiety [P.2017.95.67]
- Title
- B.F. Gilmore, trunks and traveling bags, 237 Westminster St., Prov., R.I
- Description
- Racist, satiric trade card promoting B.F. Gilmore's luggage store in Providence, R.I. Depicts a genre scene of an African American woman speaking with an African American man who unknowingly squirts a white man with a hose. The figures are caricaturized and portrayed with exaggerated features. In the right, the African American woman domestic, attired in a red headkerchief and a yellow dress, stands at a waist-high green fence. She crosses her arms and carries a feather duster in her left hand as she speaks with an African American man on the other side of the fence. The man, attired in a white shirt, a blue jacket with gold buttons, and green pants, gestures with his left hand as he talks to the woman. In his right hand, he carries a hose, which he accidently sprays on a white man walking down the sidewalk. The brown-haired white man has a mustache and is attired in black shoes, green striped pants, a white collared shirt with a red tie, a green waistcoat, and a green jacket. He opens his mouth and throws both hands up in alarm as the water knocks the top hat off of his head. In the right background, trees and part of a white house are visible. Benjamin F. Gilmore (1833-1906) established a business manufacturing and selling luggage in Providence, Rhode Island. The business operated until circa 1902., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of the advertised business., Date from copyright statement: Copyrighted 1877., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- 1877
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Gilmore [P.2017.95.70]
- Title
- On the o high o! Compliments of Goodwin brothers, wheel-wrights
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting wheelwrights the Goodwin Brothers and depicting caricatures of African Americans on a wooden barge “on the o high o,” i.e. Ohio River. In the right, two men stand and row using long oars. The man in the left is attired a hat, a blue jacket, and blue plaid pants, and the man in the right is attired in a hat, a white shirt, and green pants. In the left is a man seated on a stool playing a fiddle attired in a hat, a white jacket, and blue pants. The man in the center, attired in a hat, a green plaid shirt, and blue pants, dances with his left leg and arm raised up. Another man, attired in a hat, a white shirt, and blue pants with a straw in his mouth, watches the dancer while lying on the barge on his stomach propping his head up with his elbows. Behind the fiddler a woman, attired in a green head kerchief, a blue dress with polka dots, and a beige apron, claps her hands and taps her foot to the music. In the far left is a house with a man standing against the wall, and a boy that runs toward the barge. In the background is a white steamboat on the river. Brothers James K. Goodwin (1844-1910) and Charles W. Goodwin (1853-1943) were wheelwrights in Manchester, New Hampshire., Title from item., Date from the history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on the verso: Goodwin Brothers, manufacturers of wheels and carriage wood work of every description. Also dealers in hubs, spokes, rims, shafts, bodies, seats, carriage gear &c. Hubs turned and mortised. Sawing and planing to order. Carriages built to order, complete. Special attention given to repairing. 441 Elm Street, Hodge’s Building, Manchester, N.H. J.K. Goodwin. C.W. Goodwin., Series number printed on the recto: 450., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Goodwin [P.2017.95.73]
- Title
- Whoa! Aunty! Compliments of Goodwin brothers, wheel-wrights
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting wheelwrights the Goodwin Brothers and depicting caricatures of African Americans picking cotton on a plantation. In the left, an African American man, attired in a hat, a blue plaid shirt, blue and white striped pants, and brown shoes, kneels on the ground and picks cotton off of a plant. To his left is a large basket overflowing with cotton. In the right, two barefooted African American boys, attired respectively in beige pants rolled up to the knees and a blue shirt and blue pants rolled up to the knees and a white shirt, each hold the end of a rope (probably a jump rope). They look in alarm and exclaim “Whoa! Aunty!” as an African American woman who has tripped on the rope flies in the air. The woman, attired in a white shirt with blue polka dots, a blue plaid shirt, and black shoes, throws both her hands in front of her with her mouth open as she falls toward the ground. Her basket full of cotton is flung through the air. In the background are four other cotton pickers, one man carries a basket on his right shoulder and a woman raises both her arms up. Brothers James K. Goodwin (1844-1910) and Charles W. Goodwin (1853-1943) were wheelwrights in Manchester, New Hampshire., Title from item., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Series number printed on the recto: 450., Advertising text printed on the verso: Goodwin Brothers, manufacturers of wheels and carriage wood work of every description. Also dealers in hubs, spokes, rims, shafts, bodies, seats, carriage gear &c. Hubs turned and mortised. Sawing and planing to order. Carriages built to order, complete. Special attention given to repairing. 441 Elm Street, Hodge’s Building, Manchester, N.H. J.K. Goodwin. C.W. Goodwin., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Goodwin [P.2017.95.74]
- Title
- Sunday. Yer looks lubly Ephraim, and it all comes using dat Higgins soap
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting Higgins' soap and depicting a caricature of an African American family getting ready for church. The family is portrayed with exaggerated features and speak in the vernacular. In the center, the husband/father stands smiling attired in a white ruffled shirt, a red and white bow tie, a yellow waistcoat, a long black jacket, red and white checked pants, black shoes, and white gloves. The wife/mother, attired in a bonnet decorated with a blue bow and flowers, a red shawl, a blue dress with black stripes, a yellow bow tie, and black shoes, smiles as she adjusts the bowtie on her husband and says, “yer looks lubly Ephraim, and it all comes using dat Higgins soap.” Their son, attired in a yellow hat with a black band, a red shirt with a white lace collar, green pants, red socks, and black shoes, looks up at the couple carrying a red book in his left hand. In the left, behind the couple, are two more children. The girl in the left is attired in a white head kerchief, a yellow shirt with orange stripes, a white skirt, red stockings, and black shoes. The boy in the right is attired in a blue cap, a blue shirt with a white collar, blue pants, red and white striped socks, and black shoes. A print depicting a red building and two people is pasted on the wall in the right background. The Charles S. Higgins Company, established by Higgins’s father W. B. Higgins in Brooklyn in 1846, manufactured "German Laundry soap" beginning around 1860, when Charles assumed the business. The laundry soap was packaged in a wrapper illustrated with an African American woman washing in a tub. By the early 1890s, Charles S. Higgins left the firm still operated under his name and formed Higgins Soap Company. Court proceedings over trademarks and tradenames ensued and Higgins Soap Company became insolvent by the mid 1890s., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Higgins' [P.2017.95.81]
- Title
- Monday. Monday is de wash day, an I neber sulk or mope, becase de close am nice and clean, by using Higgins' soap
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting Higgins' soap and depicting a caricature of an African American woman domestic carrying a bar of soap and a wash tub. The woman is portrayed with exaggerated features and speaks in the vernacular. Shows the African American woman with her hair in pigtail braids tied at the ends in white bows, attired in an orange and yellow striped head kerchief, a red and white shawl, a blue dress with black stripes, a white apron with red stripes, orange and white striped stockings, and black shoes. She carries a large, wooden wash tub in her right hand and a yellow bar of soap labeled “Higgin” in her left hand. The woman smiles and walks toward the viewer and says, “Monday is de wash day, an I neber sulk or mope, becase de close am nice and clean, by using Higgins' soap.” In the right, a white shirt hangs on a clothes line pinned with wooden clothespins. The Charles S. Higgins Company, established by Higgins’s father W. B. Higgins in Brooklyn in 1846, manufactured "German Laundry soap" beginning around 1860, when Charles assumed the business. The laundry soap was packaged in a wrapper illustrated with an African American woman washing in a tub. By the early 1890s, Charles S. Higgins left the firm still operated under his name and formed Higgins Soap Company. Court proceedings over trademarks and tradenames ensued and Higgins Soap Company became insolvent by the mid 1890s., Title from item., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Higgins' [P.2017.95.82]
- Title
- Jas. S. Kirk & Co. soap makers, Chicago. "Satinet"
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting James S. Kirk & Co.’s Satinet soap and depicting a caricature of an African American boy carrying an oversized branch of cotton and a red cloth that trails behind him. Shows the African American boy attired in a torn straw hat, a white collared shirt, white overalls, and white shoes walking with his right leg lifted up. Over his shoulder he carries an oversized branch of cotton with his right hand. Under his left arm he carries a bolt of red cloth which has come unfurled in a train behind him. The cloth reads, “Satinet.” James S. Kirk (1818-1886) began his soap manufactory in 1839 in Utica, New York. He moved his company to Chicago in 1859, offering a variety of soaps including, White Ceylon, Satinet, Calendar, White Russian, and Coronet. The factory was demolished in 1929, and the Company was sold to Proctor & Gamble in 1930., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Jas. S. Kirk. [P.2017.95.92]
- Title
- I. Knopf, fine shoes, also trunks & valises. 822 Market St. Phila
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting I. Knopf's shoe store and depicting a racist caricature of an African American man portrayed with exaggerated features and carrying two bouquets of flowers. Shows the rotund, African American man attired in a yellow hat, a monocle, a white shirt with a red striped collar, a blue bowtie, a yellow waistcoat with red checks, a purple jacket, white gloves, yellow pants, and brown shoes. He holds up two multi-colored flower bouquets, including red roses and white daisies, in his hands. Isidor Knopf (1848-1934) had a store selling shoes and luggage at 822 Market Street, Philadelphia in the 1880s. In the 1900s, he became a pawnbroker at 2501 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia. He advertised in the newspapers as I. Knopf & Sons when he sold forfeited clothing and jewelry from his pawnbroking business as late as 1910., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Knopf [P.2017.95.99]
- Title
- Laird, Schober & Mitchell's shoes. Too fine to blacken!
- Description
- Racist trade card depicting a white boy kicking an African American shoe shine boy from behind. The white boy wears a white clown outfit with blue details, jumps rope, and kicks his left foot in the air. The shoe shiner, his back to the viewer, is propelled into the air. His top hat, shoe shining stool, and open can of shoe polish flies away from him. Laird, Schober & Mitchell's Shoes began operating in 1870. The partners included Samuel S. Laird, George P. Schober and George A. Mitchell., Title from item., Advertising text on verso: A Request, [Before] purchasing Shoes Examine Ours. Prices are now reduced and goods finest manufactured. Laird, Schober & Mitchell, 1133 Arch [Street], Philad., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Laird [P.2017.95.101]
- Title
- Compliments of the Domestic Sewing Machine Co
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting the Domestic Sewing Machine Company and depicting a comic genre scene of an older African American man peddler mistaken as a suitor. In the center, the older, balding peddler speaks to an African American family at the door of their cottage house. The man is portrayed with exaggerated features, wears spectacles, and is attired in a purple coat; a white shirt; yellow pants; and brown shoes. A goat eats red cloth pulled out from underneath his coat. On the ground in front of him is his top hat turned upside-down. Papers are placed inside of it. He leans forward to speak with the African American woman in the doorway. His hands are out like he is displaying an object. The woman wears mammy-like attire of a beige head kerchief; a yellow shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows; a blue shirt; and a white apron. She holds a broom. Behind her is another woman attired in a green dress and head kerchief. In the left are a young woman and a girl. The young woman is attired in a pink dress with a green ruffle at the bottom and cut-out shoulders, matching pink stockings, and a bow in her hair. She coquettishly holds a fan ornately decorated with pink flowers to the side of her face. The girl to her left is barefoot and attired in a white dress. In the right background are sunflowers behind a fence and the peddler's horse-drawn wagon loaded with boxes out of view of the family. William S. Mack & Co. and N.S. Perkins founded the Domestic Sewing Machine Company in 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio. The White Sewing Machine Company bought the company in 1924., Title from item., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business., Date inferred from history of the advertised business., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: D.S. Andrus & Co. pianos, organs & sewing machines, 17 West Third Street, Williamsport, PA., Gift of David Doret., Library Company holds duplicate copy [P.2017.95.48] and another with variant distributor [P.2017.95.46].
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Domestic [P.2017.95.47]
- Title
- "Wes don got de "Domestic," we has!"
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting the Domestic Sewing Machine Company and depicting a comic genre scene of an African American couple who has acquired a sewing machine. The figures are portrayed with exaggerated features. In the center is a man and woman in a blue-colored cart being pulled by a galloping brown horse. The man, attired in a top hat; a blue jacket; a white collared shirt; and green checked pants, strains and leans forward as he holds the reins. The woman, attired in a yellow dress with black polka dots and a pink bonnet, leans back and exclaims in the vernacular that "wes don got the Domestic, we has!" She raises her left hand in the air and holds a white handkerchief. A sewing machine is visible inside the cart. In the far right a barefooted boy attired in a straw hat; a white collared shirt; and brown pants rolled up to his calves, possibly their displaced son, runs beside the wagon. In the top right corner is an inset illustration of a Domestic Sewing Machine Co.'s sewing machine. William S. Mack & Co. and N.S. Perkins founded the Domestic Sewing Machine Company in 1864 in Norwalk, Ohio. The White Sewing Machine Company bought the company in 1924., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from history of advertised business., Advertising printed on verso: "It stands at the head. The light running "Domestic" No. 4 Family. The best. The model machine. Domestic Sewing Machine Co." Includes an illustration of a Domestic sewing machine., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: J.Y. Sigafus, Sewing machines, organs, and pianos, cheap for cash. Stroudsburg, PA., Gift of David Doret., Library Company holds duplicate copy [P.2017.95.50].
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Domestic [P.2017.95.49]
- Title
- Hiram W. Stout, groceries, &c., 5th and Erie Ave
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American man musician playing the cello. The man is seated in a crouched position on a green chair. He is attired in a yellow cap, a red and white striped shirt, a dotted blue jacket, yellow and red striped pants, and blue, yellow, and black boots. The man holds the neck of the cello in his left hand and the bow in his right. He is depicted with exaggerated features., Title from item., Title and business name printed on verso., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Stout [P.2017.95.172]
- Title
- The Union Pacific Tea Co
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting an interior scene with two African American women, a toddler, and a cat. One woman, who is thin and gaunt, stands and is attired in a long dark colored robe, a shawl, a head scarf, and shoes. The other woman, who is larger, is seated in a rocking chair and attired in a long sleeved dress, an apron with a star pattern, a headwrap, and shoes. The toddler is seated on the floor in the background. A broken chair and framed picture of a person kneeling are visible in the background of the image. A cat is seated on the floor in the foreground. All of the African Americans in the illustration are depicted with exaggerated features., Title from item., Text printed on recto: "Aunty Fat, and Auntie Lean.", List of firm's branches printed on verso., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Union [P.2017.95.178]
- Title
- Van Stan's Stratena, the best cement in the world Great lecture on Van Stan's Stratena by Julius Augustus Cesar at Ethiopian Hall. Mends china, glass, wood, bone, metal, jet, coral, porcelain, leather, ivory, stone, &c. &c
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American man lecturing in front of an audience of well-dressed African American men on a stage. The lecturer leans on a wooden table and is attired in a brown jacket, a tan vest, a white shirt with gold cuff links, a white bowtie, blue pants, and black shoes. Rolls of paper stick out from the man's back pocket. The man's upturned top hat is visible underneath the table. A decorative object advertising Stratena and a cup sit on the table. All of the men are depicted with exaggerated features. Van Stan's Stratena was manufcatured in Philadelphia during the late 19th century., Title from item., Advertising text on recto: One drop of dis yere Stratena on de conscience of a politician will make him stick to his principles. One drop on de mariage certificate will prevent de divorce court from separating you from de wife of your bosom. Do you hear me! Gentlemen I am a talking., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Van Stran [P.2017.95.182]
- Title
- W.H. & S.V. Lines
- Description
- Racist trade card showing an African American man facing the left and depicted in bust-length. The man is attired in a straw hat, from which three chicks peek out, and a collared shirt. He is depicted with exaggerated features., Title from item., Advertising text on verso: Boots, shoes, rubbers, trunks & bags. Good goods! Low prices! All the novelties. Buying direct in large lots to supply our seven stores enables us to sell cheaper than other dealers. Stores at Rochester, Schenectady, Ithaca, Amsterdam, Elmira, Lockport, and Geneva, N.Y. W.H. Lines, S.V. Lines, Jr., Text printed on recto: Injured innocence. I hain't seen nuffin of yer chickens! Do yer took me for a thief? Do yer see any chickens 'bout me? Go' way dar, white man! Treat a bo 'spectable if he am brack!, Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - W.H & S.V. Lines [P.2017.95.184]
- Title
- Fine clothing, for men, youths and boys at the Misfitstore, cor. 10th & F Sts
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American man minstrel musician to promote a clothing store. Shows the man facing the viewer and playing a recorder. The man is attired in a red cap, a white shirt with the collar turned up, a green bowtie, a brown jacket, blue and white striped pants, and brown shoes., Title from item., Date inferred from content and genre of print., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misfitstore [P.2017.95.132]
- Title
- People's boot and shoe store, 104 Clark Street, corner Washington Street The return from Europe
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting a group of well-dressed African American men and women strutting past other African American men, women, and children. The two well-dressed men are attired in striped pants, suit jackets, collared shirts, bow ties, and top hats. They both carry canes. The two well-dressed women are attired in frilled patterned long sleeved dresses and caps. One woman carries a parasol in her gloved hand. The other carries a handkerchief. The onlookers are dressed in plain clothing. A dog, a tree, a small wooden house, and a fence are visible in the image. The figures are depicted with exaggerated features. The illustration is based on one of a series of racist cartoons drawn by Sol Eytinge and printed in Harper's Weekly in 1878 which depicts the courtship and marriage of families by "The Twins." C.E. Wiswall & Co. was a boot and shoe company based in Chicago. The company's original building burned down durin gthe Chicago Fire of 1871., Title from item., Advertsising text printed on verso: Try us for your next pair of boots and shoes. We will give you a good article at a low price. C.E. Wiswall & Co., Proprietors., Based on "No. 8 Return from the honeymoon tour," photo - 5 x 7 - Unid. - Events [P.2017.26.7], Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - People [P.2017.95.144]
- Title
- H. Rendtorff, wholesale and retail dealer in stoves and hardware, 291 & 293 North Ave., Chicago
- Description
- Racist trade card depicting an interior scene of a set of African American conjoined twin sisters, their mother, their father, and their male suitor. The twins curtsy and their suitor bows his head. The twins are attired in a yellow and red dotted dress with a roffled hem and white collars. Their mother is attired in a blue and red dress with a white apron. The twins' father is attired in a green jacket, a white collared shirt, a yellow bow tie, red pants, and black boots. The twins' suitor is attired in a black jacket, a white collared shirt, a red bow tie, red and blue striped pants, and black shoes. He holds a brown hat in his right hand to his chest. Visible in the background of the scene are framed works of art on the wall, a table, a vase with flowers, a window, and a clock. All of the figures are portrayed with exaggerated features. The illustration is based on a racist series of African American caricatures originally created for Harper’s Weekly in 1878 by Sol Eytinge that satirized the courtship, marriage, and the start of families by "The Twins." A Bismarck Range stove is depicted on the verso of the trade card. Herman Rendtorff was a Chicago stove and hardware merchant whose business operated throughout the latter half of the 19th century., Title from item., Text printed on recto: Introduction of the Twins., Advertising text printed on verso: The celebrated Bismark Range. Manufactured by Burdett, Smith & Co., Troy, New York, And 34 River St., Chicago, Ill., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Rendtorff [P.2017.95.148]
- Title
- S.H. Zahm & Co., dealers in new and second-hand books, stationery and blank books, Nos. 18 & 20 South Queen Street, Lancaster, PA
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting an elderly African American man looking out of a window. The gray-haired man is attired in a red long-sleeved shirt and gold-rimmed spectacles. He holds a newspaper in both hands and a pipe in his left hand. The man looks toward the right side of the image and his mouth is agape. He is depicted with exaggerated features. S.H Zahm & Co. was owned by Samuel Hensel Zahm and his business partner Samuel Auxer. Zahm was an active member of the Lancaster community and was a member of the board of health, the Lancaster County Historical Society, and the Pennsylvania German Society. He was also a collector of Native American artifacts., Title from item., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - S.H. Zahm [P.2017.95.151]
- Title
- New clothing [etc] at T.B. Segar's, Odd Fellows Block. Hope Valley
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American man being chased by a white man and a dog. The African American man hangs by the seat of his pants on the jagged picket of a fence behind him. He holds a chicken in his right hand and watches a second chicken escape from him. He is attired in a blue and white striped shirt, blue pants, and shoes. The white man carries a gun in his right hand and runs as his hat flies off his head. A house is visible in the background. The African American man is depicted with exaggerated features., Title from item., Text on recto: New clothing, new hats & caps, new carpetings, new oil cloths, new house paper, new borders, new dry goods, new hoisery, new gloves, new corsets, new department for boots and shoes, an immense stock and low prices, at T.B. Segar's, Odd Fellows Block, Hope Valley., Text on recto: Ole zip coon!, Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - T.B. Segar's [P.2017.95.156]
- Title
- Sollers & Co, minstrels
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting six well-dressed children sitting in chairs arranged on a stage in a semi-circle. Four of the children are white and two of them are African American. At the center of the image is a white boy who attired in a green suit jacket and cropped pants with a pink bowtie pointing and asking the children to his right,"Why do we all wear Sollers & Co's shoes?" The African American boy in the left of the image responds, "Cause dey save de soles ob de children!" The African American boy in the right of the image is depicted saying, "Gib it up!" The two African American boys are attired in blonde wigs, blue coats, yellow pants, and boots. The three white girls are attired in ruffled dresses and hold fans. The white boy is attired in a green jacket, white collared shirt, pink bowtie, green pants, and boots. Two medals earned by Sollers & Co. at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and the 1878 Exposition Universelle (or World's Fair) in Paris are printed on the trade card's verso. S.D. Sollers & Co. was a Philadelphia manufacturer of women and children's clothing and shoes that operated during the 19th century., Title from item., Text printed on recto: Why do we all wear Soller's & Co's shoes? Cause dey save de soles ob de chil'ren! Gib it up!, Advertising text printed on verso: Sollers & Co's celebrated shoes & slippers for ladies, misses and children. Hand-made and Machine Sewed. Retailed only at our store, 636 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Buy our Protection Toe and Box Toe Tip Shoes for your Children. They are the Best to wear., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- 1877
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Sollers [P.2017.95.162]
- Title
- St. Jacobs Oil, "it conquers pain"
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration promoting St. Jacobs Oil, a pain relieiving remedy, and depicting one white and one African American male jockey competing with one another. The African American jockey is attired in a, collared shirt, a yellow and orange striped sweater, white pants, white gloves, a red and white cap, and black boots. He holds his whip in his right hand and his horses reins in his left hand. His dark brown horse kicks its hind legs up toward the man and his carriage, causing the man to frown fearfully and hold his right hand to his forehead. The white jockey is attired in a white collared shirt, a red tie, a blue sport jacket, a blue and yellow cap, yellow gloves, and white pants. He holds his light brown horse's reins in both hands and a whip in his right. The African American man is depicted with exaggerated features. St. Jacobs Oil was invented by August Vogeler, a German immigrant, his son Charles A., and John H. Winkleman after 1878. Charles A. Vogeler evenutally took over the business in the late 19th century., Title from item., Advertising text printed on verso: Blue Grass Breeders. Mr. R.S. Withers, son of Gen'l Wm. T. Withers of Fairlawn Stock Farm, Lexington, Ky., writes: "I have such confidence in St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-cure, that I use it on everything; myself, my horses, my men. Everybody, for all kinds of aches and pains, believe in its sovereignty as a cure." From Horsemen's Head-Quarters. Messrs. Treacy & Wilson, Lexington, Ky., favorably known throughout the United States and other countries as successful breeders, trainers of and dealers in fine trotting and thoroughbred stock of every description, write as follows: "We find St. Jacobs Oil very useful for both man and horse, and the article has our full endorsement. We are willing our recommendation of it should be given the widest publicity." The Doctors Prescribe It. Dr. William A. Soula, Doctor Veterinary Surgery and for nine years in charge of the Third Avenue Railroad Stables, New York City, working thousands of horses, certifies to the curative qualities of St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-cure for sprains, galls, rheumatism and all other afflictions to which horses are subject. A Leading Authority Endorses It. Mr. E.A. Buck, Editor and Publisher, The Spirit of the Times, New York, the leading Turf paper and Sporting Authority of the United States, says: "I have used St. Jacobs Oil repeatedly, with satisfactory results." Interviews have been published in the Spirit with leading horsement, stablemen and turfmen, who say that it will do all that is claimed for it, in removing aches and pains from man and beast. The Great German Remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, for the cure of pain, is sold by druggists everywhere. Price, 50 cents a bottle. Directions in eleven languages., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - St. Jacobs [P.2017.95.163]
- Title
- St. Jacobs Oil, "it conquers pain"
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration promoting St. Jacobs Oil, a pain relieving remedy, and depicting two African American men who have fallen off a horse-drawn carriage into a muddy puddle. The man in the right of the image cries while the man in the left of the image stands with his mouth agape and holds his left knee with his left hand. The crying man is attired in a black top hat, an orange jacket, a yellow vest, a white collared shirt, beige pants, yellow gloves, and black and gold boots. The man in the left of the image is attired in a blue jacket, a white ruffled shirt with the collar turned up, a red, white and blue bowtie, a red and white striped vest, red and white striped pants, and black shoes. His blue top hat sits upturned in the puddle. The white horse in the background looks on the scene and is still attached to the overturned carriage by its reins. The men are portrayed with exaggerated features. St. Jacobs Oil was invented by August Vogeler, a German immigrant, his son Charles A., and John H. Winkleman after 1878. Charles A. Vogeler evenutally took over the business in the late 19th century., Title from item., Advertising text printed on verso: Blue Grass Breeders. Mr. R.S. Withers, son of Gen’l Wm. T. Withers of Fairlawn Stock Farm, Lexington, Ky., writes: "I have such confidence in St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-cure, that I use it on everything; myself, my horses, my men. Everybody, for all kinds of aches and pains, believe in its sovereignty as a cure." From Horsemen’s Head-Quarters. Messrs. Treacy & Wilson, Lexington, Ky., favorably known throughout the United States and other countries as successful breeders, trainers of and dealers in fine trotting and thoroughbred stock of every description, write as follows: "We find St. Jacobs Oil very useful for both man and horse, and the article has our full endorsement. We are willing our recommendation of it should be given the widest publicity." The Doctors Prescribe It. Dr. William A. Soula, Doctor Veterinary Surgery and for nine years in charge of the Third Avenue Railroad Stables, New York City, working thousands of horses, certifies to the curative qualities of St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-cure for sprains, galls, rheumatism and all other afflictions to which horses are subject. A Leading Authority Endorses It. Mr. E.A. Buck, Editor and Publisher, The Spirit of the Times, New York, the leading Turf paper and Sporting Authority of the United States, says: "I have used St. Jacobs Oil repeatedly, with satisfactory results." Interviews have been published in the Spirit with leading horsement, stablemen and turfmen, who say that it will do all that is claimed for it, in removing aches and pains from man and beast. The Great German Remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, for the cure of pain, is sold by druggists everywhere. Price, 50 cents a bottle. Directions in eleven languages.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - St. Jacobs [P.2017.95.164]
- Title
- 50 new elegant embossed chromo cards with your name printed on them, for only 8 cents in stamps. This offer lasts only till October 30, after that our regular price will be charged. Address Star Card Co., East Boston, Mass. Box 38
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American man peering over a fence and gazing downard. The man is attired in a cap and holds a cane in his left hand. His right hand grips the top of the fence. A sign on the fence bears the advertising text promoting personalized greeting cards. Below the sign is a notice that reads, "Post No Bills." The African American man is depicted with exggerated features., Title from item., Advertising text printed on verso: Read! Read! These cards are something new, Gold Floral, Rememberance, Sentimental, Hand Floral, etc. with Love Friendship and Holiday Mottoes. Besides this maginificent offer we give with every pack, 10 pieces New and Popular music, and with 6 packs we give a fine Nicle-Plated Pocket Fruit knife. Try us once. We want an agent in every city and town. We give fine premiums, or we will allow you to retain 25 cts. on eah Dollars worth of orders sent. Send stamp for Premium List, Circulars, and how to become an agent. It pays. Address Star Card Co., East Boston, Mass., Text is printed in red ink., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Star [P.2017.95.166]
- Title
- The best, ask for it again: Star Braid
- Description
- Racist trade illustration of an African American girl balancing on a spool of blue Star Braid Thread. She is holds a wand with bubbles on both ends. Two more bubbles float near her. The Star Braid logo is printed in each bubble. The girl is attired in a red dress and is barefoot. She wears a blue ribbon in her hair, gold earrings, armbands, bracelets, and anklets., Title from item., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Star Braid [P.2017.95.168]
- Title
- Refrigerators. N.B Stevens, 43 Kilby Street, Boston
- Description
- Racist trade card illustration depicting a group of African American men and boys looking on as a photographer takes a photograph of them. The man and boy standing in the left of the image are attired in torn clothing. The Black man in the center of the image stands directly in front of the camera and peers into the lens. A boy in the right of the image crawls toward the scene on all fours. The photographer is crouched under a cloak. Visible in the background is a woman standing beside a cabin., Title from item., Advertising text on verso: Refrigerators, Uprights and Chests, all sizes and styles. Ice cream freeers. Peerless [...] clothes wringers. The largest and best assortment of the above in New England. N.B. Stevens, 43 Kilby St., Boston., Text printed on recto: Photography under a cloud., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Stevens [P.2017.95.171]
- Title
- Frank Miller's crown dressing Well dis chile am 'stonished at his own genius- dat Frank Miller must be a conjuror-shua!
- Description
- Racist trade card depicting an African American man cobbler in a shop setting. Shoes the boy-faced man shining a boot from a counter lined with shoes and boots. He looks out toward the viewer, and holds a dabber in his right hand and the boot in his left. To his left is the counter of footwear along the wall. A chest, boxes, and a bag are visible in the right foreground. In the left are several pairs of shoes and boots strewn in a pile on the ground in front of a counter on top of which a bottle of Frank Miller's Crown Dressing rests. The cobbler is attired in a collared shirt, striped pants, an apron, and leather shoes. 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., Advertising text printed on verso: 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 process, with every valuable feature of the French style retained, while such improvements have been made to insure a dryer and more durable gloss, with increased pliability of the leather. Frank Miller's Crown Dressing. An invaluable preparation for restoring ladies' and children's boots, shoes, rubbers, travelling bags, and all black leather goods that are soiled or worn by age or use, to their original beauty of finish and softness. Frank Miller's Leather Preservative and Water-proof Blacking. This blacking is not designed to produce a polish, but to render the leather soft, pliable, water-proof, and much more durable. For more than forty years it has been the reliance of farmers, miners, sportsmen, lumbermen, soldiers, and outdoor laboring men. It does away with the necessity of using rubbers, which are expensive, uncomfortable, and destructive to health and leather. This is the only article designed for this purpose which has met with universal approval. Frank Miller's Peerless Blacking. This article will fully meet the requirements of the consumer, as to quality. It gives a quick, brilliant, jet black gloss, without injury to the leather., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Miller [P.2017.95.126]
- Title
- Tuesday. Yes my heart is light, for de close iron white, and dat is jist what tickles me, for without Higgins' soap, you have'nt any hope, so please to take pattern by me
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting Higgins’ soap and depicting a caricature of an African American woman domestic ironing a white sheet. The woman is portrayed with exaggerated features and speaks in the vernacular. Shows the African American woman with her hair in pigtail braids tied at the ends in white bows, attired in an orange and yellow striped head kerchief, a red and white shawl, a blue dress with black stripes, a white apron with red stripes, orange and white striped stockings, and black shoes. She stands behind an ironing board and holds a white sheet in her left hand and an iron in her right hand. The ironing board sits on top of a wooden stool and a red and yellow box labeled “Higgins’ German Laundry Soap.” The woman smiles at the viewer and says, “Yes my heart is light, for de close iron white, and dat is jist what tickles me, for without Higgins' soap, you have'nt any hope, so please to take pattern by me.” In the background is a white sheet hanging over a wooden board. The Charles S. Higgins Company, established by Higgins’s father W. B. Higgins in Brooklyn in 1846, manufactured "German Laundry soap" beginning around 1860, when Charles assumed the business. The laundry soap was packaged in a wrapper illustrated with an African American woman washing in a tub. By the early 1890s, Charles S. Higgins left the firm still operated under his name and formed Higgins Soap Company. Court proceedings over trademarks and tradenames ensued and Higgins Soap Company became insolvent by the mid 1890s., Title from item., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Higgins' [P.2017.95.83]
- Title
- Friday. Use Higgins' soap in de mornin, a washin of de winder, for wif good soap and a merry heart, dar's nothin for to hinder
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting Higgins' soap and depicting a caricature of an African American woman domestic washing a window. The woman is portrayed with exaggerated features and speaks in the vernacular. Shows the African American woman with her hair in pigtail braids tied at the ends in white bows, attired in an orange and yellow striped head kerchief; a red and white shawl; a blue, short-sleeved shirt with black stripes; an orange and yellow checked skirt; yellow, red, and white striped stockings; and black shoes. The woman sits on the window ledge with her legs crossed at the ankles. Her upper body is outside of the house as she washes the exterior of the window with a white cloth. The woman smiles at the viewer and says, “Use Higgins' soap in de mornin, a washin of de winder, for wif good soap and a merry heart, dar's nothin for to hinder.” In the right is a wooden bucket with a bar of soap labeled, “Higgins Soap,” on top of a wooden stool. The Charles S. Higgins Company, established by Higgins’s father W. B. Higgins in Brooklyn in 1846, manufactured "German Laundry soap" beginning around 1860, when Charles assumed the business. The laundry soap was packaged in a wrapper illustrated with an African American woman washing in a tub. By the early 1890s, Charles S. Higgins left the firm still operated under his name and formed Higgins Soap Company. Court proceedings over trademarks and tradenames ensued and Higgins Soap Company became insolvent by the mid 1890s., Title from item., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Higgins' [P.2017.95.84]
- Title
- Saturday. Whoa! Dar Sambo! What do yer mean, what makes yer jump and shout? I will wash yer clean with Higgins' soap, and then yer may jump out
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting Higgins' soap and depicting a caricature of an African American woman bathing her child in a wash tub. Shows the African American woman portrayed with exaggerated features with her hair in pigtail braids tied at the ends in white bows, attired in an orange and yellow striped head kerchief; a red and white shawl; and a blue, short-sleeved dress. The mother kneels on the floor as she bathes her young son in a washtub. She smiles, rubbing a wash cloth on the boy with her right hand. The naked boy stands in the tub with his left leg raised. She says in the vernacular, “Whoa! Dar Sambo! What do yer mean, what makes yer jump and shout? I will wash yer clean with Higgins' soap, and then yer may jump out.” Behind the tub, in the left, a girl, attired in a black-striped, red nightgown, and a boy, attired in an orange nightgown, watch the scene. In the right, another boy in an orange nightgown looks on. A white towel with two red stripes and decorative fringe is draped over the side of the wash tub. In the right background, a white sheet hangs on a clothesline. Charles S. Higgins Company, established by Higgins’s father W. B. Higgins in Brooklyn in 1846, manufactured "German Laundry soap" beginning around 1860, when Charles assumed the business. The laundry soap was packaged in a wrapper illustrated with an African American woman washing in a tub. By the early 1890s, Charles S. Higgins left the firm still operated under his name and formed Higgins Soap Company. Court proceedings over trademarks and tradenames ensued and Higgins Soap Company became insolvent by the mid 1890s., Title from item., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Higgins' [P.2017.95.85]
- Title
- J. & P. Coats thread. Come in Topsey out of the rain. You’ll get wet. Oh! it won’t hurt me missy I’m like Coats black thread de color won’t come off by wettin
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting J.&. P. Coats thread and depicting a caricature of an African American woman domestic washing outside in the rain. Shows an African American woman in the left, attired in a white, short-sleeved shirt, a white and yellow checked apron, a red skirt, and black shoes. She stands outside in the rain and places her right hand on an oversized spool of thread labeled, “J.&P. Coats best six cord 200 yds 40,” which sits on top of a wooden stool. Behind the woman, a pipe fills a wooden wash tub with water. In the right, a blonde-haired, white woman, attired in a blue dress with a white collar and bow tie and a red sash below the waist, white stockings, and black shoes, stands at the door inside the house. She lifts her right hand to the domestic and says, “come in Topsey out of the rain. You’ll get wet.” The African American woman replies in the vernacular, “Oh! It won’t hurt me Missy. I’m like Coats black thread. De color won’t come off by wettin.” Brothers James Coats, Jr. (1803-1845) and Peter Coats (1808-1890) established the firm J.&P. Coats, a thread manufactory. Their brother Thomas Coats (1809-1883) joined the firm soon after. By 1840, three quarters of the British company’s business was with the United States. In 1896, the firm merged with thread manufacturer Clark & Co. and formed J. & P. Coats, Ltd. In 2015, the firm was renamed, “Coats Group.”, Title from item., Date deduced from the history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: Fast Black Spool Cotton. Does it wear? Does it wash? When a textile fabric must be dyed a pure, rich, deep black, the question that presents itself to the dyer is: “Will these goods be washed in ordinary soap and water, or will they be dipped in some powerful acid, like aquafortis, sulphuric, or muriatic acid?” It they must withstand every-day wear and tear; he will not be so foolish as to fix his black by aid of powerful acids, but will treat the goods mildly, and thus secure superior strength and endurance. In like manner, a druggist will not put a rubber stopper in a bottle filled with sugar and water; he will naturally use an ordinary cork, and save the rubber for resisting violent acids. It is well to look with suspicion on all Acid Tests applied to Spool Cotton. To resist acids, the dyer must use acids at peril of rotting the thread. Intelligent people do not wash their clothes in acid baths. J. & P. Coats’ Black will hold its color as long as any fabric on which it can be used., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - J. & P. Coats [P.2017.95.88]
- Title
- We never fade!! J. & P. Coats best six cord 200 yds 50
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting J.&. P. Coats thread and depicting a caricature of an African American boy sitting on an oversized spool of thread in a field. Shows the boy seated and with his legs straddling a giant spool of black thread labeled, "J&P Coats best six cord 200 yds 50." He says “we never fade!!” and points his finger at the sun, which has a face and a concerned expression with a downward turned mouth. The boy is barefoot and attired in a white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows; a multi-colored tie and belt; and red pants rolled up to the knees. In the foreground, two black crows look at the thread. A house is visible in the right background. Brothers James Coats, Jr. (1803-1845) and Peter Coats (1808-1890) established the firm J.&P. Coats, a thread manufactory. Their brother Thomas Coats (1809-1883) joined the firm soon after. By 1840, three quarters of the British company’s business was with the United States. In 1896, the firm merged with thread manufacturer Clark & Co. and formed J. & P. Coats, Ltd. In 2015, the firm was renamed, “Coats Group.”, Title from item., Advertising text printed on verso: Fast Black Spool Cotton. Does it wear? Does it wash? When a textile fabric must be dyed a pure, rich, deep black, the question that presents itself to the dyer is: “Will these goods be washed in ordinary soap and water, or will they be dipped in some powerful acid, like aquafortis, sulphuric, or muriatic acid?” It they must withstand every-day wear and tear; he will not be so foolish as to fix his black by aid of powerful acids, but will treat the goods mildly, and thus secure superior strength and endurance. In like manner, a druggist will not put a rubber stopper in a bottle filled with sugar and water; he will naturally use an ordinary cork, and save the rubber for resisting violent acids. It is well to look with suspicion on all Acid Tests applied to Spool Cotton. To resist acids, the dyer must use acids at peril of rotting the thread. Intelligent people do not wash their clothes in acid baths. J. & P. Coats’ Black will hold its color as long as any fabric on which it can be used., Date deduced from the history of the advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - J. & P. Coats [P.2017.95.89]
- Title
- "Sweet home soap." J.D. Larkin & Co
- Description
- Racist trade card promoting J.D. Larkin & Co.’s soap and depicting caricatures of four African American boys standing in a line blowing brass horns. Shows the boys attired in straw hats, white shirts with the sleeves rolled to the elbows, and yellow shoes. The boy in the left is attired in a pink waistcoat and blue striped pants; the second boy in a purple waistcoat and blue pants; the third boy in a pink waistcoat and blue pants with a floral print; and the fourth boy in a purple waistcoat, blue pants, and gold hoop earrings. They all carry in their right hand a long, brass horn. In the background is a house with a chimney surrounded by a stone wall with a gate. John D. Larkin (1845-1926) began a soap manufactory in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1875. He created a yellow bar of laundry soap called, “Sweet Home Soap.” In 1878, Larkin admitted his brother-in-law Elbert G. Hubbard (1856-1915) and established the firm, J.D. Larkin & Co. The firm grew into a mail-order business. The Company was sold in 1941, liquidated in 1942, and the new owners continued the mail-order business until 1962., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from the history of the advertised business., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - J.D. Larkin [P.2017.95.90]
- Title
- Ph. J. Lauber importer of wines. Wholesale retail. Nos. 24 & 26 South Fifth St
- Description
- Tradecard showing the three buildings comprising the Philip J. Lauber liquor and restaurant business at 24-26 South Fifth Street. The buildings, adorned with signage, include left to right: "Ph. Lauber Beer & Ale"; "Ph. Lauber Importer of Wines"; and "Ph. Lauber Restaurant" (partial view). Image also shows heavy street and pedestrian traffic. Men congregate at the doorway of the wine shop at which a horse-drawn cart loaded with wine barrels departs. A carriage, horse-drawn dray, men on horseback, and pedestrians travel in the street. Lauber added a restaurant to his business on Fifth Street circa 1877., Not in Wainwright., Title contains pictorial details. Includes cherubs eating grapes and drinking bottles of wine on a mantelpiece surrounded by vinery and greenery., pdcc00008, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 172, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:9
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 26:9
- Title
- Thos. Sinclair & Son, general lithographers. 506-508 North St. bet. Arch Cards & advertising novelties
- Description
- Tradecard for the Philadelphia lithography firm depicting a cameo portrait of a young lady. A bud vase with flower, and a mantle cloth, border the portrait. Thomas Sinclair & Son operated as a partnership 1870-1889., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 105, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - S - Sinclair
- Creator
- T. Sinclair & Son
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - S - Sinclair
- Title
- Ask for Liebig Company's extract of meat
- Description
- Trade card promoting the Liebig Company and showing three Japanese boys, depicted in racist caricature, bowing to an oversized container with a label inscribed: "Extractum carnis Liebig manufactured by the Liebig's Extract of Meat Company limited, London..." Shows the boys, attired in yellow pants; colorful tunics of blue, red, or green; and green and red cloth slip-on shoes, kneeling and bowing. The figure in the middle and in the right wear chonmage haircuts with a braid. In the left, a Japanese-style building and archway are visible. Von Liebig, a German-born chemist, who developed a manufacturing process for meat extract in 1840, established the Liebig Extract of Meat Company in 1865. The extract was marketed as an alternative to meat., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of advertising business., Advertising text printed on verso: Ask for Liebig Company’s extract of meat. Being the finest meat-flavouring ingredient. None genuine without the fac-simile of Baron Liebig, the inventor’s signature in blue color across the label. Avoid all imitation extracts. Directions. Beef-tea. Efficient tonic in all cases of weakness and digestive disorder. Dissolve a quarter of a tea-spoonful of Liebig Company’s extract in a breakfast cup of boiling hot water, and plenty of salt, this will make a strong and clear beef-tea. You may add according to taste a tea-spoonful of Madeira, Sherry or Port wine or the yolk of a fresh egg, or a trifle of fresh butter or some bread or a boiled potato. A slight addition of Worcestershire sauce is liked by many. This beef-tea acts as a pleasant tonic especially when taken in the morning, and may well be taken several times a day. Soups. A variety of excellent meat and vegetable soups may be made with the aid of the Liebig Company’s extract and any soup will acquire at once strength and fine flavor by a slight addition of extract. Vegetable soup. Potato, pea, rice soup, etc. Boil the vegetables, etc. sufficiently with a little fat, a few bones or some slices of meat, or some fresh butter, add extract and salt according to taste. Sauces. Both strength and flavor imparted by the extract. Night-cap. This beef-tea soothes and settles the stomach, allays brain excitement and induces sleep. “The most admirable and successful Night-Cap.” Dr. Harry Lobb., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., RVCDC
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Liebig [1975.F.296]
- Title
- [P. Madeira trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards promoting Pugh Madeira's cutlery and surgical instrument establishment at 115 South Tenth Street, Philadelphia. lllustrations represent world countries by depicting boys attired in styles of clothing native to China, France, Germany, South America, Hungary, United States, Turkey, Spain, Italy, England, Russia, and Mexico. Also shows two boys riding horses. The card labeled, “China,” shows a Chinese boy with a carrying pole across his shoulders, which holds cards on each side. He wears a queue hairstyle and is attired in a red hat with a black brim; a colorful, long-sleeved tunic; yellow pants; and yellow boots. He holds an orange card in his left hand. A piece of wood is yoked across his shoulders and wire or string hangs down on both sides, which balance the weight of the load. The border has decorative Chinese-stylized decorative motifs., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from dates of operation of the advertised business., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Madeira [1975.F.594; 1975.F.599-608; 1975.F.647; P.2002.9.3]
- Title
- [Asian decorative motifs]
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting Asian decorative motifs, including bamboo, a crane, and a fan. In the left a dragonfly flies over a stalk of bamboo. In the center is a large Asian character, possibly meant to be Chinese, surrounded by a geometric border. In ther right, a crane stands on one leg among reeds and a hand-held fan is spread open., Title supplied by cataloger., Date based on medium and content., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Misc [1975.F.1034]
- Title
- E. A. Wright, bank note engraver, lithographer, plate printer. Chestnut & 11th sts
- Description
- Trade card with ornate lettering, shading, and filigree. Ernest A. Wright established his firm in 1872 at 1032 Chestnut Street, and later relocated to 1108 Chestnut Street ca. 1891., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 17, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Ephemera Late Trade Print 0093
- Creator
- Wright, E.A
- Date
- [ca. 1891]
- Location
- American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Ephemera Late Trade Print 0093
- Title
- H.J. Toudy & Co. Practical lithographers and publishers, 623 Commerce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Hoe & Co. Steam Lith. Press Bird's eye view of Centennial Exhhibition buildings & grounds printed on R. Hoe & Co. steam lithographic press, at their department, north aisle, machinery hall
- Description
- Series of trade cards containing depictions of Centennial buildings to advertise the Philadelphia lithographic establishment's Centennial views and the prominent printing press company. Buildings depicted include the Main Building, Agricultural Hall, Horticultural Hall, and Machinery Hall. Also contains promotional text on verso reading "All visitors should procure one as a memento of the Great International Exhibition" at Toudy & Co. or "Care R. Hoe & Co., Machinery Hall, Centennial Grounds.", Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 120 a-e. POSA 120a: Main Building. POSA 102b: Machinery Hall, International Exhibition. POSA 120c: Agricultural Hall, International Exhibition. POSA 120d: Main Building, International Exhibition. POSA 120e: Horticultural Hall, International Exhibition., American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Ephemera Late Trade Print 0074; 0128; 0129; 0130; 0131
- Creator
- H.J. Toudy & Co.
- Date
- [1876]
- Location
- American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Ephemera Late Trade Print 0074; 0128; 0129; 0130; 0131
- Title
- Compliments of Ketterlinus Printing House. Philadelphia
- Description
- Series of captioned, trade cards depicting a comical, theatrical scenario promoting the Ketterlinus Printing House established by Eugene Ketterlinus in 1842. Act 1st shows a dandy wooing a pretty peasant girl under the scornful eye of an older, plain milk maid and her riled cat in the foreground and a hunter in the background. Act 2d shows the peasant girl pleading with the milk maid as the dandy skulks away as the hunter watches from the background. Act 3d shows the girl and dandy pleading with the surprised-looking hunter, his gun and dog at his feet, as the "old maid" with her cat walks away. Act 4th shows the hunter wooing the coy milkmaid as the dandy and peasant girl walk away hand in hand., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 13, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center – Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Vertical Box 2 - Ketterlinus - Act 3, Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center – Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Box 2 Folder 3 - Ketterlinus - Act 1 - Act 4, "Act 3d" trade card housed Printers & Printing Box 2 Folder 3 Printers: General., Kettterlinus Printing House began to advertise under that name ca. 1875.
- Creator
- Ketterlinus Printing House
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Smithsonian Institution | Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center – Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Vertical Box 2 - Ketterlinus - Act 3, Smithsonian Institution | Archives Center Warshaw Collection SI NMAH Archives Center – Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Box 2 Folder 3 - Ketterlinus - Act 1 - Act 4
- Title
- Devlin & Co.'s Centennial souvenir. 1776-1876
- Description
- Illustrated souvenir trade card depicting two full-length figures of men modeling period clothing, one attired in Colonial dress and the other attired in a plaid suit, popular in the 1870s. Patriotic symbols separate and surround the figures, including stars, banners and an American eagle with a shield on its breast, clutching flags and the banner "E pluribus unum" in its talons., Contains advertising text (partially illegible after removing from scrapbook) printed on verso for Devlin & Co.'s leading American clothing house in two locations in New York City: Broadway and Grand St. and Broadway and Warren St., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Devlin [5758.F.19e]
- Title
- Sea shore and country Japanese decorations, parasols, fans, scrolls, hammocks, &c. See our immense fire place screen fan, $1.65, all colors, George M. Lee, 1322 Chestnut St., Philad'a, Penna
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards die cut and shaped into hand-held fans depicting scenes of Japanese life, including a bird perched on the branch of a cherry blossom and a large man with a smaller male companion wading through water and carrying a baby bundled in cloth on his head., Title from text printed on versos., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Lee [1975.F.398 & 399]
- Title
- Chew, smoke Old Abe fine cut smoking, B. Leidersdorf & Co., Milwaukee, Wis
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln flanked by patriotic symbols, including an American shield and laurel wreath. Bernhard Leidersdorf and Henry Helmholtz started a tobacco factory in Milwaukee in 1858. Helmholtz left the partnership in 1869 and the firm continued operations as B. Leidersdorf & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized., H. Gugler & Sons, the partnership between Henry, Sr., Julius, Robert and Henry Gugler, Jr., formed in Milwaukee in 1878, however father Henry and son Julius had both been working in the lithographic trade with various partners in Milwaukee since 1871.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Leidersdorf [P.9983.1]
- Title
- Maillard's chocolate
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting two girls, one in bed, the other seated in a chair nearby, drinking hot chocolate. A dog has its front paws on the bed begging for hot chocolate. Boxes and packages of Maillard's "breakfast cocoa," "dietetic cocoa," and "pure cocoa" are piled in the foreground. Prize medals awarded to Henry Maillard are depicted in the upper left and upper right corners above the title., Retail price-list of Maillard's chocolates and notification of their gold medal prize at the Paris Exhibition in 1878 printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Maillard's [1975.F.621]
- Title
- Maxwell's gypsum, prepared gypsum. Trade mark
- Description
- Illustrated trade card advertising George E. Maxwell's paint and depicting an African American man carrying a bucket of gypsum and a brush over his shoulder. He stands, attired in a white collared shirt, a tie, a red waistcoat, a black jacket, pants, and bowler hat, in front of a window displaying barrels of "Maxwell's gypsum.", Title from item., Date inferred from operating dates of advertised business., Advertising text promoting Maxwell's prepared gypsum for whitening and coloring walls, fences, barns printed on verso. Also notes awards (First Premium, Special Diploma) issued by the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society in 1880., Imprint printed on verso: For sale by Geo. E. Maxwell, No. 528 South 16th Street, Philadelphia., Stamped in red ink twice on recto and once on verso: 1431 South St., Gift of Emily Phillips, 1883., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Creator
- Rogers, E. (Edward), 1831 or 1832-, engraver
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Maxwell's [1975.F.632]
- Title
- Maison Doree, No. 8 South Broad Street, Philadelphia. W.A. Clawson
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting children at play, including two girls playing with a jack-in-the-box; two boys playing with a balloon and a dog; a boy playing a guitar and serenading a girl; and a boy and two girls dangling a cat toy on a string in front of their pet cat., Title from text printed on versos of three prints [1975.F.640-642]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Clawson [1975.F.638; 1975.F.640-642]
- Title
- A sweet tooth
- Description
- Illustrated trade card depicting a little girl attired in a white dress and a hooded cloak eating and holding striped candy sticks., Advertising text printed on verso: Always use the best. Chas. W. Logan's choice flavoring extracts. Vanilla, lemon, orange, &c. Will not disappoint you - ask your grocer for them or send to Chas. R. Dixon, 664 Bankson St. (i.e., North Park Street), Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Logan's [P.9651.14]
- Title
- [The Old Continental Clothing Manufacturing Company trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards depicting two girls playing with a jack-in-the-box and a boy applying wallpaper while one toddler watches and another peers into a nearby bucket of adhesive., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include Eckel, pr., cor. 19th and Market., One print [1975.F.187] tinted with blue ink and one print [P.9636.5] tinted with red ink., Advertising text printed on versos promotes the Old Continental Clothing Manufacturing Company's low prices and includes price lists., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Old [1975.F.187 & P.9636.5]