ca. 1880
Library and Archives: Advertisements: Trade Cards: Stoves and Stove Polishes. Original location is unverified.
GUSN-189469
This trade card contains harmful imagery and employs racist stereotypes.
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This trade card for Willard & Lane's Eagle stove polish depicts a woman looking at two children, seeing her reflection in the stove.
racial discrimination
stoves (heating equipment)
polish (coating)
cookware
trade cards (advertising)
Project number HNE0007
1 trade card : engraving
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.006.03.07.002
4 3/4 x 2 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
New York City (New York state)
Willard & Lane's (Manufacturer)
trade cards (advertising)
Photo Engraving Co. of New York
African Americans
Eagle stove polish (Brand name)
African Americans in advertising
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Included in the Boston African Americana Project.
Item
Library and Archives: Advertisements: Trade Cards: Stoves and Stove Polishes. Original location is unverified.
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