Is yo' sho' lady when I wears dese stockings I won' fin' ma laigs all black!

Creator

Underwood and Underwood

Files

Creator Role

publisher

Description

This object is a caricature reminiscent of the plate ""Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings...?"" from E.W. Clay's racist satiric series, Life in Philadelphia, originally published in the late 1820s and early 1830s. Depicts an African-American man dressed as a woman, sitting in front of the counter of a dry goods store and inquiring about a pair of dark stockings which ""she"" holds. A smiling female sales clerk assists the customer while displaying a second pair of dark stockings. Bolts of fabric rest on shelves behind the clerk, socks and hosiery hang above, and a white female customer shops at the other end of the counter. It is printed on gray mount featuring the Sun Sculpture trademark.

Description Source

The Library Company of Philadelphia. https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A102067 (accessed June 12, 2018).

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca.1902

Measurement

3 1/2 X 7 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

albumen prints mounted on card

Inscription

recto, vertical far left: Underwood & Underwood Publisher / New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas. recto, vertical far right: Work and Studios / Arlington, N.J. Littleton N.H. Washington D.C. recto, at bottom: Is yo' sho' lady when I wears dese stockings I won' fin' ma laigs all black! / Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood.

Subjects

African American women--Caricatures and cartoons; African Americans--Clothing & dress--United States

Work Type

stereograph

Class

photos

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

6454

Digital ID

FVW_06454

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.