A cotton ball [graphic].

A cotton ball [graphic].

African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.

Cotton.

Fertilizer industry -- New York -- Maspeth.

Afro-Americana.

Racist trade card depicting a view personifying cotton as a young African American woman. Shows the woman dancing with a large ball of cotton atop her head worn in the manner of a head dress. The woman leans to her left and kicks her right leg up as she pulls up the bottom of the skirt of her dress. The edge of her underskirt is visible. She is attired in a yellow dress patterned with black dots, a white kerchief tied around her neck, a red and white striped underskirt, and black shoes. Forestry is visible in the background. C. Meyer Jr. was a New York based fertilizer manufacturer who operated in the late 19th century.

Library Company of Philadelphia

Baltimore: L.P. Griffith & Co., 1886.

1 print : chromolithograph; sheet 12 x 7 cm (4.5 x 3 in.)

Goldman Trade Card Collection - Meyer [P.2017.95.125]