Collection

Cartoon of newspaper man traveling with visual clichés

Trade card advertising cigars. Image shows a newspaper man traveling on a donkey. He holds a broken umbrella, a piece of plumbing, and wears a bib that save “liver pad.” His mule’s saddlebags have three stereotyped figures: a Black man, a Chinese man, and an Irish woman. The text below the figure says ” His travels with stock in trade, H. A. Parsons, Imported & Domestic Cigars, Stationery, Canes & C. No. 819 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA.”

Date

c. 1880

Location

Richmond Virginia

Source

H. A. Parsons, No. 819 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA

Media Type

AdvertisementArtworkTrade Card