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Historical Society of Pennsylvania trade cards collection [Box 27, folders 1-6]
The collection contains an extensive collection of 19th-century trade cards from Philadelphia and surrounding region, the majority of which are arranged alphabetically by name. This is an artificial collection that has been put together by the…
Historical Society of Pennsylvania trade cards collection [Box 27, Folders 7-19 ]
The collection contains an extensive collection of 19th-century trade cards from Philadelphia and surrounding region, the majority of which are arranged alphabetically by name. This is an artificial collection that has been put together by the…
Balch Institute ethnic images in advertising collection [Box 1 Folder 2]
In 1999, the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies created an exhibition on the depictions of various ethnic groups in local, regional, and national advertisements and mass media. This artificial collection of graphics resulted from staff culling items…
Historical Society of Pennsylvania trade cards collection [Box 26 Folders 21-26]
The collection contains an extensive collection of 19th-century trade cards from Philadelphia and surrounding region, the majority of which are arranged alphabetically by name. This is an artificial collection that has been put together by the…
[African American boy butler carrying a bouquet of flowers] [graphic].
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…
Strike me pink if it ain’t yo’ anniversary! [graphic].
Racist, greeting card depicting a caricature portrayed with exaggerated features of an African American child’s face. The oversized child’s face looks directly at the viewer and purse’s their lips. The interior image has a depiction of the same child…
He’p yo’se’f to grapefruit from sunny Florida [graphic].
Post card depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy in a grapefruit orchard. Shows the barefooted boy smiling at the viewer and attired in a red collared jumpsuit with a belt. He holds the branches of a grapefruit tree that is laden…
Foh yo’ birfday! De sweetest little flowers, dat eber ah saw grew, am climbing up de birfday fence, a-blossomin’ foh you! [graphic].
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,…
[African American man smiling and carrying a watermelon] [graphic].
Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man smiling and carrying a watermelon. Shows the full-length portrait of the man portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white collared shirt with blue stripes, a yellow…
[African Americans picking cotton with a cotton compress] [graphic].
Racist, trade card specimen depicting African Americans picking cotton on a plantation. In the left foreground, shows an African American man, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, pants, and shoes, carrying a basket on his back filled with cotton.…