Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 52 with Stoves and People

Wilson and McCallay

Scrapbook page containing eight advertising cards showing the following:1. A folded card with a man frowning that says: "The effects of using inferior and low grade Tobaccos." When you unfold the card the man looks happy and is holding a packet of tobacco. Inside says: "The result of using Wilson and McCallay's Standard 'Happy Thought' Wave Lineplug Tobacco."2. Three African Americans overwhelmed by the smell of a stove. Card says: "See here Pompey, dat paste polish am no good de smell am so bad, run you right away fetch me de Rising Sun, dat will make me glad."3. A round stove.4. Two women in a park looking at a magazine.5. A dog dressed as a man, carrying a tray of meat.6. Three people and a cat kneeling on the floor looking at their reflections in a stove. Card says: "Rising Sun Stove Polish. 'I say Snow Flake, dat stove was blacked with Rising Sun. Did you eber see de like?'"7. A woman and man standing together.8. A couple seated at a dining table being served by an African American man.

1885~

Advertising cards
Scrapbooks
Tobacco industry
African Americans
Ethnic stereotypes
Stoves
Women
Animals in human situations
Eating and drinking
Standard 'Happy Thought' Wave Lineplug Tobacco
Rising Sun Stove Polish

Advertising Card

Advertising Cards (SC3) See finding aid: https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory%3A63730

SC3, Box 9, Scrapbook 3, Page 52

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