The Colored Race / Cold Comfort, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1890 - 1893

"The Colored Race / Cold Comfort," from the "Jokes" series of trade cards issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco, depicts two scenes: a Black man in a field picking cotton and a Black man and woman riding in a horse-drawn sled through a snow-covered landscape. The humorous, stereotypical imagery of the cards reflected the racist attitudes prevalent in the late 19th century. This card, like others in the series, was designed to appeal to a white audience and reinforce negative perceptions of Black people. The inclusion of a thermometer reading "100°" in the "Colored Race" scene further emphasized the idea of Black people being associated with heat and discomfort. The card is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.