Advertisement featuring a caricatured image of a Pullman porter
date: label: Date
content: 1919
name: label: Designed by
content: Fashion Publicity Company, American
label: Commissioned by
content: F. Blumenthal Company, American, 1875 - 1919
label: Published by
content: Ladies' Home Journal, American, founded 1883
label: Subject of
content: Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: An advertisement for the Fashion Publicity Company clipped from The Ladies' Home Journal for September, 1919. The advertisement features a color illustration of a caricatured Pullman porter figure bringing shoes to a woman in a green train car. The porter is depicted in a grey uniform with dark pants. At bottom left is text with information on the Fashion Publicity Company and an imagined conversation between the woman and the porter about her "F.B. & C." shoes. On the reverse is a full-page color advertisement for Sunkist oranges.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Pullman Porters
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
label: Topic
content: Transportation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.63.63.41
objectType: label: Type
content: advertisements
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 1/16 × 10 11/16 in. (40.8 × 27.1 cm)