Flint Trade and Post Card Featuring Black Americana
This trade card turned postcard measures approximately 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". On it is written "Wholesale Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Fruit, Produce & Seeds of all Kinds in Stock". On the back it states "Post card One Cent Foreign Two Cents" and the printer's name K C Kropp Milwaukee. I am listing four similar cards and a couple of them have "Edward Bros" while the others have "Flint, Mich" written on them. I purchased all 5 cards in a vintage frame so the overall condition is very good and the color is very nice. I know nothing about these cards except that I thought they were very cool because each card depicts a person in the form of a vegetable (very clever) This particular one illustrates a black man high stepping through the cotton crops with some a cotton plant on his head and a hoe in his hands. The colors are exceptional; however, there are two small tears into the image. It is very hard to find Flint advertising trade cards or postcards and then to find one with an ethnic feature, is almost impossible
