W. M. Lyon, jeweler, Chester Depot, V.T. [graphic].

W. M. Lyon, jeweler, Chester Depot, V.T. [graphic].

African American barbers.

African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.

Animals in human situations.

Barbershops.

Jewelers -- Vermont -- Chester Depot.

Pigs.

Racism in popular culture.

Afro-Americana.

Racist trade card depicting a comic scene showing an African American barber shaving a pig in a barber shop. The barber, in the left,is depicted holding a razor in his right hand and the pig’s snout in his left. The man is attired in a white shirt with turned up collar, a black bowtie, a green and white checkered apron, and blue pants. The pig, seated chest out, leans back in the barber’s chair. The animal wears a barber’s cape. On a table next to the barber is a shaving mug filled with shaving foam and holding a shaving brush. The man is depicted with exaggerated features. W.M. Lyon worked as a jeweler in Chester Depot, Vermont beginning in 1877.

Library Company of Philadelphia

[United States] [publisher not identified], [ca. 1880].

1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 10 x 7 cm (4 x 3 in.)

Goldman Trade Card Collection - Lyon [P.2017.95.111]