Trade card for The Linen Glacé Co., sole manufacturers of the world's starch polish, office 86 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN-256219

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Laundries
General
Laundries - General - Folder 1
Trade card for The Linen Glacé Co., sole manufacturers of the world's starch polish, office 86 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Laundries
    - General
      - Laundries - General - Folder 1
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Description

This advertisement contains harmful imagery including stereotypical caricatures of Native people.

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The card verso is a description of the product uses in washing clothes; on the front, a Native person is illustrated having lassoed an alligator around its upper jaw.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
starch
washing (cleaning)
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 4 1/4 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.069.01.01.003

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Laundry
Native

Description Level

Item

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