Chinese men offering plates of cooked rats to Western man wearing top hat and smoking cigar tradecard
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- AC0060-0000116-1.tif & AC0060-0000116-2.tif (AC Scan Nos.)
- General
- In Box 4, Folder 3.
- Advertiser
- McFerran, Shallcross & Co.
- Series Creator
- Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Topic
- Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
- Topic
- Rats
- Meat
- Ham
- Advertiser
- McFerran, Shallcross & Co.
- Culture
- African Americans
- Chinese
- See more items in
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Meat
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Meat / Business Records and Marketing Material / Swift and Company / Advertisements
- 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
- 2 Items (Ink on paper.)
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Series Citation
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Meat, 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.
- Scope and Contents
- An African American man is holding the ham. Caption: "That is a fat rat, Chang-Whang, but excuse me / I always carry Magnolia Hams."
- Series Restrictions
- Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562724025932-1562724025955-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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