Two Toms, & Then Some
The poster below left was printed by Donaldson's Litho, Newport,
Kentucky; below right, by the Erie Litho Co., Erie, Pennsylvania. ["Double" UTC companies featured "2 Topsys" and "2 Markses," but never, as far as I've been able to learn, more than 1 Uncle Tom. But even "Tom" could be represented in more than one way: if the poster Donaldson printed for Stetson's below is a "minstrel show coon," the the firm also printed a poster
for Stetson's with Tom stereotyped in sentimental terms
(see TWO MORE TOMS.)]
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