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Trade Card: Nathan Lieberman, Clothier, Wilmington, Delaware

This trade card advertises Nathan Lieberman's clothing store located at the southeast corner of 5th and Market Streets in Wilmington, Delaware. The front of the card features a caricature of a Black boy tickling a sleeping companion. The illustration is rendered in a style typical of late 19th-century trade cards, with bold outlines and simple shading. The imagery is racially insensitive and reflects the problematic stereotypes prevalent during that period. Below the illustration, the business name and address are prominently displayed. The back of the card is blank. A second image in this record shows the same illustration with some color.

Associated People/Businesses

Nathan Lieberman (Firm)
LIBERMAN, NATHAN

Geography

Wilmington

Subjects

Clothing trade
Jewish merchants
Advertising cards
Caricatures and cartoons
Racism

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume 13, Page 1