J.H.T. Hopkins, custom and ready made clothing. 658 Main St., Cambridgeport [graphic].

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Title

J.H.T. Hopkins, custom and ready made clothing. 658 Main St., Cambridgeport [graphic].

Subject

African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Birds.
Clothing stores -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge.
Racism in popular culture.
Afro-Americana.

Description

Racist trade card promoting J.H.T. Hopkins’s clothing store and depicting a caricature of an African American man sitting on a rock as birds fly towards his hat. Shows the African American man portrayed with exaggerated features attired in a top hat, a long-sleeved shirt, pants, and shoes. He sits on a rock in front of a tree and opens in mouth in alarm as “swallows” fly toward him and into his hat. J.H.T. Hopkins (1858-) was a clothing dealer and had a store in Cambridge, Massachusetts from the 1880s to 1890s.

Publisher

[Cambridge, Mass.] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1880]

Format

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

Identifier

Goldman Trade Card Collection - Hopkins [P.2017.95.86]

Files

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