Trade card for Kirchberg & Keenan, manufacturers of and dealers in parlor, chamber and dining room suits and all kinds of furniture, 213, 215 & 217 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, undated

Item Information

Title:
Trade card for Kirchberg & Keenan, manufacturers of and dealers in parlor, chamber and dining room suits and all kinds of furniture, 213, 215 & 217 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, undated
Description:
In the card verso image a woman servant, holding a bowl of tomatoes, stands in a dining room to serve a woman and man with the caption: "Indade, Ma'am, an I'll not take off another stitch, if I lose me place." According to "Hungering for America", this image had an anti-Irish intention and Biddy was a diminutive for the name Bridget. The image was used for other businesses, such as Atwood & Eldried Merchant's Café, located at 17 Essex Street, Boston.
Manufacturer:
Kirchberg & Keenan Furniture
Format:
Postcards/Cards
Ephemera
Genre:
trade cards
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
EP001: Ephemera collection
Subjects:
domestics (servants)
dining rooms
furniture
servants
advertising
business (commercial function)
Irish Americans
prejudices
tomatoes
Places:
Michigan > Wayne (county) > Detroit
Extent:
1 trade card ; 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/170031
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Identifier:
170031
Call #:
EP001.01.050.02.01.01.001