Trade card for Smith's Polished Set of Brass Ladles, Fernando B. Smith, Canton, Ohio, undated

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Collection Type

Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-245377

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Cookware
General
Cookware - General - Folder 1
Trade card for Smith's Polished Set of Brass Ladles, Fernando B. Smith, Canton, Ohio, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Cookware
    - General
      - Cookware - General - Folder 1
        Trade card for Smith's Polished Set of Brass Ladles, Fernando B. Smith, Canton, Ohio, undated (current record)
        Advertisement for The Mrs. Van Beusen Cake Molds, manufactured by C. A. Chapman, Newark, New York, undated

Description

This trade card advertising cookware contains harmful imagery and employs racist stereotypes.

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Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
cookware
stoves (heating equipment)
labor
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration; 3 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.027.01.01.001

Image Dimensions

3 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Canton (Stark county, Ohio)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

African American women
African Americans in advertising
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Domestic workers
Black People

Description Level

Item

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