Trade card for Glenwood & Elmwood Ranges and Parlor Stoves, made by Weir Stove Co., Taunton, Mass., 1880-1890

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1880-1890

Location Note

Library and Archives: Advertisements: Trade Cards: Stoves and Stove Polishes. Original location is unverified.

GUSN

GUSN-190944

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Description

This trade card for ovens sold at Griswold, Richmond & Glock in Meriden, Connecticut contains racist, harmful imagery and language.

Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text.

The illustration depicts a man finding kittens in a kitchen oven.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
appliances
stoves (heating equipment)
trade cards (advertising)

Additional Identification Number

Project number HNE0096

Physical Descrption

2 trade cards : chromolithograph ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.006.03.07.001

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2000.

Places

Taunton (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Meriden (New Haven county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Originator

Weir Stove Company (Manufacturer)
Mayer, Merkle & Ottmann (Lithographer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Stereotypes (Social psychology)
African Americans
African American or Black
African Americans in advertising
Kitchen appliances
Cooking

Accruals Note

Included in the Boston African Americana Project.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Library and Archives: Advertisements: Trade Cards: Stoves and Stove Polishes. Original location is unverified.

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