1884
GUSN-246843
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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."
advertising
business (commercial function)
tea stores
trade cards (advertising)
1 trade card : color illustration ; 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.045.02.02.014
2 1/2 x 4 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton, February 28, 1932.
Lowell (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
J.H. Buffords Sons Lith. (Printer)
trade cards (advertising)
African Americans
African American men
African Americans in advertising
Beverages
Horses
Black People
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Item
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