[African Americans picking cotton with a cotton compress] [graphic].

[African Americans picking cotton with a cotton compress] [graphic].

African American children -- Caricatures and cartoons.

African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons.

African American women -- Caricatures and cartoons.

Cotton pickers.

Cotton plantations.

Racism in popular culture.

Afro-Americana.

Racist, trade card specimen depicting African Americans picking cotton on a plantation. In the left foreground, shows an African American man, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, pants, and shoes, carrying a basket on his back filled with cotton. In the right, two African American children sit on the ground and fill a basket with cotton. In the background, is a large, wooden compress or cotton press. An African American man, with a basket of cotton at his feet, puts cotton into the compress. Another man stands in the right of the stairs leading to the compress with a basket of cotton. In the right background is a building and two women crouching on the ground and another man standing. In the top of the card is an additional illustration depicting a pine tree falling over. In the foreground is a bird on a branch, and a house is visible in the background.

Library Company of Philadelphia

Boston : Robinson Eng. Co., 1881.

1 print : lithograph ; 14 x 8 cm (5.5 x 3 in.)

Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 28 [P.2017.95.239]