Colburn’s Philadelphia mustard [graphic].

Colburn’s Philadelphia mustard [graphic].

Africans -- Caricatures and cartoons.

Food industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Girls.

Human-animal relationships.

Racism in popular culture.

Afro-Americana.

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 on to the ostrich’s neck with both hands. The grey ostrich takes a long stride with its legs as it runds on a dirt path. Plants with palm leaves, greenery, and a rock line the path. Arthur T. Colburn (1834-1901) founded the spice business A. Colburn & Co. in 1856 in Philadelphia. The business was one of the largest spice dealers in the city and operate into the 1920s.

Library Company of Philadelphia

[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1880]

1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 11 x 7 cm (4 x 3 in.)

Goldman Trade Card Collection - Colburn [P.2017.95.34]