Trade card for the Acme Tea Company, J. Buckley, 92 Gorham Street, corner Charles, Lowell, Mass., 1884

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1884

GUSN

GUSN-246843

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Food
Beverages
Food - Beverages - Folder 2
Trade card for the Acme Tea Company, J. Buckley, 92 Gorham Street, corner Charles, Lowell, Mass., 1884
(current record)

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Description

This trade card contains harmful imagery including racist caricatures.

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The trade card verso reads "Useful and ornamental presents given with our teas and coffees." The bottom of the image reads "Copyright 1884 J.H. Bufford's Sons."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
tea stores
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.045.02.02.014

Image Dimensions

2 1/2 x 4 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1932.

Places

Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.H. Buffords Sons Lith. (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

African Americans
African American men
African Americans in advertising
Beverages
Horses
Black People
Stereotypes (Social psychology)

Description Level

Item

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