Name/Title
Trade card Berkshire Blacking CompanyEntry/Object ID
CHSA-00919CScope and Content
Advertisement in trade card format. Front: Two boys, one in jeans and a red and white stripe shirt and the other in a white top and yellow pants, are pulling the long queue of a Chinese man who is struggling to balance himself while sitting on top of a wood box. The Chinese man dressed in a blue shirt and yellow pants is on his back with both of his hands grasping on to the side of the box. Two signs are posted on the fence next to this scene...one that is partially hidden says "Hoodlumism at Discount....Education" and the other which says "Society For Converting Heathen" Written on the wooden box is the following advertisement:
Nubian Water-Proof Blacking,
Berkshire Blacking Co., Pittsfield, Mass.
Back: Object ID#, Old Accession#: TEX, and the following notation:
Nubian Water-Proof Blacking, for Boots, Shoes, and Leather Goods of Every Description. No Brushes are Required, as the Polish Comes of Itself.
Easily Applied with Sponge attached to Cork. It gives an ELASTIC Polish, which Mud, Rain, or Snow does not affect.
A Single Application will give a Polish to last about a week.
It Never Soils the Clothing For Sale By...Context
Boot and shoe making and manufacturing was one of the occupations Caucasians accepted as appropriate occupations for Chinese Americans.