Trexler & Hartzell [graphic].

Trexler & Hartzell [graphic].

African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.

Clothing & dress.

Newspaper industry -- Pennsylvania -- Allentown.

Racism in popular culture.

Afro-Americana.

Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American woman curtsying toward the viewer. The woman is attired in an elaborate bonnet with faux pink flowers, pink ribbons, white frills, and a yellow chinstrap. She is also attired in a pink dress with a pattern of pink, blue, and green flower bouqets, red ribbons, a red faux flower, and a wide neckline. She dons white gloves with yellow cuffs on both hands and holds up the hem of her dress to reveal a white petticoat and red shoes. The woman is depicted with exaggerated features. Trexler & Hartzell was a newspaper firm in Allentown, Pennsylvania that sold paper and was owned by B.F. Trexler and Wilson J. Hartzell. The business founded in 1870 and operated throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Library Company of Philadelphia

[United States] : [publisher not identified], [ca. 1885].

1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 12 x 8 cm (5 x 3 in.)

Goldman Trade Card Collection - Trexler [P.2017.95.174]