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Victorian Trade Card - Arbuckle Brothers Coffee Company - "A CONCISE REASON" (#88)
SERIES: Satire
This is one of 100 cards featuring humorous cartoons and advertising the "Ariosa" brand of coffee that Arbuckles' issued in the late 1880s. All the illustrations were originally published in either Puck, Judge, or Texas Siftings, three of the more popular satirical periodicals of the day. Most typically aimed their derision at blacks, country "rubes", or the Irish. This particular card was based on an 1887 Judge cartoon drawn by Eugene Zimmerman and features a smart-aleck child explaining why he can afford luxuries that his father can't.
The back shows the Arbuckles' factory buildings, dock, railroad cars, and a ship.
SIZE: 5" x 3"
DATE: Undated (but probably 1888 or 1889)
LITHOGRAPHER: Not identified
CONDITION: Fine, I'd say. This card is only lightly soiled with just barely worn edges and corners. Both sides have some light toning. (Please see scans.)
MULTIPLE ITEM SHIPPING DISCOUNT: I will ship up to 4 cards for the single base shipping charge shown. For purchases of more than 4 cards, the shipping charge will increase by just a small increment for every 4 additional cards.
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A CONCISE REASON
INQUIRING FATHER--"What I'se like ter know, yo' onery
child, is how yo's able ter smoak cigahs when yo' ole fadder
kin only smoak his pipe?"
FORWARD SON--"I'se ain't got no chil'n to suppo't."
From Judge, by permission.
This is one of 100 cards featuring humorous cartoons and advertising the "Ariosa" brand of coffee that Arbuckles' issued in the late 1880s. All the illustrations were originally published in either Puck, Judge, or Texas Siftings, three of the more popular satirical periodicals of the day. Most typically aimed their derision at blacks, country "rubes", or the Irish. This particular card was based on an 1887 Judge cartoon drawn by Eugene Zimmerman and features a smart-aleck child explaining why he can afford luxuries that his father can't.
The back shows the Arbuckles' factory buildings, dock, railroad cars, and a ship.
SIZE: 5" x 3"
DATE: Undated (but probably 1888 or 1889)
LITHOGRAPHER: Not identified
CONDITION: Fine, I'd say. This card is only lightly soiled with just barely worn edges and corners. Both sides have some light toning. (Please see scans.)
MULTIPLE ITEM SHIPPING DISCOUNT: I will ship up to 4 cards for the single base shipping charge shown. For purchases of more than 4 cards, the shipping charge will increase by just a small increment for every 4 additional cards.
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A CONCISE REASON
INQUIRING FATHER--"What I'se like ter know, yo' onery
child, is how yo's able ter smoak cigahs when yo' ole fadder
kin only smoak his pipe?"
FORWARD SON--"I'se ain't got no chil'n to suppo't."
From Judge, by permission.
