GARDNER'S PURE HOME MADE CANDIES AND ICE CREAM PARLOR
Entry/Object ID
2005.551.1.1
Description
TRADE CARD, GARDNER'S PURE HOME MADE CANDIES AND ICE CREAM PARLOR, Los Angeles, ca. 1880s. The company name and address is at the bottom and there is a stereotypical caricature of a thin black man and heavy-set black woman dancing with the caption above reading "The 'Blue Danube' Walz." A trumpeter and violinist ar eplaying the background and there is another couple dancing. With discoloration, edge wear, stains, and damage from removal from a scrapbook or some other form on the back, the condition is generally good.
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Gardner's Pure Home Made Candies and Ice Cream Parlor, African Americans in advertising--Los Angeles (Calif.), Stereotype (Psychology) in advertising--Los Angeles (Calif.)
