Image of an advertisement for Gem Stove Polish with a monkey in a turban, livery coat and striped pants brushing a baby's stomach with stove blacking on top of a kitchen table; a horrified mother rushes into the kitchen in the background next to the lit stove. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Endicott & Co. operated under that name from approximately 1853-1886. "Endicott & Co. lith. 57 Beekman St. N.Y."--text, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 42.7 x 28.89 cm (16 13/16 x 11 3/8 in.)
Advertising--Cleaning compounds Babies--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Kitchens--Pictorial works Monkeys--Pictorial works Mothers--Pictorial works Women--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Household Large Size Cleaning Products The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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