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Trade card with a racist illustration of an African American woman dancing in a pink dress. She is wearing green gloves and has flowers in her hair. She is portrayed with exaggerated features.

The exhibition Ardent Spirits: The origins of the American temperance movement was held from Apr. 19, to Nov. 24, 1999, at the Library Company of Philadelphia. The curator was Jessy Randall.

Letters of Cropley Rose, a British wine merchant, relate chiefly to his business affairs in Madiera and the West Indies.

This collection of papers that originated mostly from the Cox family of Oxmead, Burlington County, New Jersey, and the Parrish family of Maryland and Philadelphia, contains information on the religious, humanitarian, social, and economic influence of…

This collection of papers that originated mostly from the Cox family of Oxmead, Burlington County, New Jersey, and the Parrish family of Maryland and Philadelphia, contains information on the religious, humanitarian, social, and economic influence of…

This collection of papers that originated mostly from the Cox family of Oxmead, Burlington County, New Jersey, and the Parrish family of Maryland and Philadelphia, contains information on the religious, humanitarian, social, and economic influence of…

This collection of papers that originated mostly from the Cox family of Oxmead, Burlington County, New Jersey, and the Parrish family of Maryland and Philadelphia, contains information on the religious, humanitarian, social, and economic influence of…

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Racist trade card illustration depicting a three-quarter length portrait of a smiling African American girl. The girl holds an overflowing bale of cotton in her arms. A picturesque countryside and field of cotton is visible in the background. The…