Buy clothing for self & boys of Tefft & Boswell, the great Oak Hall clothiers, No. 70 E. Main-St. Amsterdam, N.Y. [graphic].
Dublin Core
Title
Buy clothing for self & boys of Tefft & Boswell, the great Oak Hall clothiers, No. 70 E. Main-St. Amsterdam, N.Y. [graphic].
Subject
African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Clothing & dress.
Clothing stores -- New York -- Amsterdam.
Racism in popular culture.
Afro-Americana.
Description
Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American woman walking past a white man. The woman is attired in a straw hat, a dot-patterned dress with a ruffled collar, and flat shoes. She holds a basket filled with flowers in her right arm. The white man is attired in a checker-patterned suit and a top hat. He holds an upturned cane in his right hand and tips the brim of his hat with his left hand. Tefft & Boswell was a clothing business in Amsterdam, New York owned by H.J. Boswell and founded in 1883.
Source
Library Company of Philadelphia
Publisher
[New York] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1885].
Format
1 print : lithograph; sheet 8 x 5 cm (3 x 2 in.)
Identifier
Goldman Trade Card Collection - Tefft [P.2017.95.173]