Product Overview
Nice looking vintage postcard with Black Americana theme. Pictured and shipped in stiff top loader. Condition is as pictured.
This is an original vintage comic postcard from 1943, featuring a racist "pickaninny" caricature of an African American theme typical of its era. The illustration, in a broad comic style with vibrant colors, depicts two stylized figures-a boy waving and a girl with ribbons in her hair-seated in a large pink and purple metal washtub filled with water. They are shown in a bathroom setting with water splashing. The card's caption uses problematic wordplay and racial stereotypes to make a "comic" point: "IF YOU WANT A NICE DARK TAN / COME AND JOIN US / FOR THE BATHING!".
The reverse of the postcard identifies it as a "Colourpicture" Publication, specifically PUBLISHED FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN POST CARD CO. and printed by Colourpicture Publication, Cambridge, Mass., U.S. A. The card has been Posted (used), featuring a valid 1-cent Defense stamp ("UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FOR DEFENSE / POSTAGE CENT") and a "PALMERTON, PA. APR 2 1943 5:30 PM" postmark. It includes a handwritten message in pencil from "Robert Strohl" regarding school attendance and a "little pig." The condition shows standard honest wear for a Posted card from this era.
Size: Normal postcard size.
Artist: Unknown
Age / Published / Postmark date: Postmarked in 1943
Publisher: Colourpicture Publication
Condition: Refer to the photos for a better idea of the subject matter and condition of the postcard, you will receive the exact postcard that is pictured.
Other: -
This is an original vintage comic postcard from 1943, featuring a racist "pickaninny" caricature of an African American theme typical of its era. The illustration, in a broad comic style with vibrant colors, depicts two stylized figures-a boy waving and a girl with ribbons in her hair-seated in a large pink and purple metal washtub filled with water. They are shown in a bathroom setting with water splashing. The card's caption uses problematic wordplay and racial stereotypes to make a "comic" point: "IF YOU WANT A NICE DARK TAN / COME AND JOIN US / FOR THE BATHING!".
The reverse of the postcard identifies it as a "Colourpicture" Publication, specifically PUBLISHED FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN POST CARD CO. and printed by Colourpicture Publication, Cambridge, Mass., U.S. A. The card has been Posted (used), featuring a valid 1-cent Defense stamp ("UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FOR DEFENSE / POSTAGE CENT") and a "PALMERTON, PA. APR 2 1943 5:30 PM" postmark. It includes a handwritten message in pencil from "Robert Strohl" regarding school attendance and a "little pig." The condition shows standard honest wear for a Posted card from this era.
Size: Normal postcard size.
Artist: Unknown
Age / Published / Postmark date: Postmarked in 1943
Publisher: Colourpicture Publication
Condition: Refer to the photos for a better idea of the subject matter and condition of the postcard, you will receive the exact postcard that is pictured.
Other: -
