Advertisement for Mrs.Potts' Cold Handle Sad Iron, with image of Chinese laundry worker : trade card
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- AC0060-0000084-01.tif (AC Scan Nos.) AC0060-0000084-02.tif (AC Scan Nos.)
- Advertiser
- Enterprise Mfg. Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Names
- Mrs. Potts' Cold Handle Iron
- Series Creator
- Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Topic
- Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
- Topic
- Irons (Pressing)
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)
- Laundry -- 1880-1890
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Wit and humor
- Advertiser
- Enterprise Mfg. Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Culture
- Chinese
- See more items in
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Laundry Machinery and Accessories
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Laundry Machinery and Accessories / Business Records, Marketing Material, and Other / 1: Manufacturers and Distributors of Laundry Machinery and Accessories / Enterprise Manufacturer Company
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Extent
- 1 Item (Ink on paper, 4-1/4" x 2-7/8".)
- Date
- undated
- Container
- Box 1, Folder 46
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Trade cards
- Series Citation
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Laundry Machinery and Accessories, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Series Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Trade cards -- 19th century
- Scope and Contents
- Recto: Chinese figure with long queue is shown dancing while holding an iron. Text at right: "Melican man muchee smart Dennis / Kinrey no goodee / Mrs. Potts' muchee / goodee China / man can iron / two shirtee all / same one shirtee / make two dollar all / same one dollar." Verso: text with illustration advertising Mrs. Potts' Cold Handle Sad Iron, with list of advantages. In lower right: "For sale by / Hoitt, Rugg & Co., / No. 53 Oliver Street, Boston." In this cartoon illustration, the product is shown as advantageous to the Chinese laundry, whereas other new products of the same period, such as celluloid collars, were advertised as ways of putting Chinese laundries out of business. Nevertheless, this illustration uses a stereotypical image.
- Series Restrictions
- Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562723430809-1562723430816-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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