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Trade card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., 35 and 37 Vesey Street, New York, New York, undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-247153

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Description

This trade card contains harmful imagery and language including stereotypical caricatures of Irish people.

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The card verso advertises a special shipment of teas and coffees and lists the company's tea store locations across the United States. The store in Boston is at 92 Court Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
tea
tea stores
servants
women (female humans)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : illustration ; 4 1/2 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.045.02.04.012

Image Dimensions

4 1/2 x 3 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.

Places

New York City (New York state)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Beverages
Court Street (Boston, Mass.)
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Irish Americans
Domestic workers

Description Level

Item

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