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Card, probably a collecting, comic, or trade card specimen, depicting an illustration of an African American man and woman harvesting corn. They are wearing straw hats and depicted with exaggerated features.

The collection contains printed materials and ephemera concerning the Congreso and its activities. Inventory available. Gift of the organization. raf 08/25/05: Additions added as part of the Wm Penn Balch Museum repatriation. These additions consist…

Trade card promoting A. Colburn & Co.’s mustard and depicting a racist caricature of an young African girl riding an ostrich in a tropical setting. Show the barefooted girl, attired in a short-sleeved, knee-length, red dress with yellow trim, holding…

The papers of Clement Humphreys, agent to France during the John Adams administration, include: Humphreys' letter book, 1798, containing material on his official missions, with detailed accounts of events; "list of Staple Articles of Commerce between…

The papers of Clement Humphreys, agent to France during the John Adams administration, include: Humphreys' letter book, 1798, containing material on his official missions, with detailed accounts of events; "list of Staple Articles of Commerce between…

Diaries of Christopher Marshall, Philadelphia druggist, with details of events during the Revolution; also information on pharmacy. There are diaries and notes, 1774-1793; letter book, 1773-1778; and accounts with the Continental Congress, 1776.…

Diaries of Christopher Marshall, Philadelphia druggist, with details of events during the Revolution; also information on pharmacy. There are diaries and notes, 1774-1793; letter book, 1773-1778; and accounts with the Continental Congress, 1776.…