"Yes sah! Star Brand Shoes are better"

Item Info

Title:
"Yes sah! Star Brand Shoes are better"
Headline:
"Yes sah! Star Brand Shoes are better"
Date:
1900? to 1950?
Description:
Character speaking is a stereotyped caricature of an African American shoeshine boy gesturing to a male customer (we see only the latter's pantlegs and shoes).
Company:
Star Brand Shoes
Placement Company:
General Outdoor Advertising Company
Product:
Star Brand Shoes
Subject:
Apparel
Medium:
billboards (site elements)
Format:
Tone:
Black & White
Rights Note:
Most of the advertisements digitized as part of the the ROAD: Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions Project were published after 1923. Therefore, the majority of advertisements represented in this resource are not in the public domain. The advertisements may be used by anyone for research, teaching, private study, or general interest. For any other uses of these advertisements please see our page on copyright and citations https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/research/citations-and-permissions.
Digital Collection:
Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions (ROAD)
Source Collection:
Outdoor Advertising Association of America Slide Library
Identifier:
  • oaaaslidelibrary
  • duke:217458
  • AAA8271
  • ark:/87924/r3cv4bt3p
  • 125d9d7c-1966-4a49-8948-3b9d1de4dc5e
Permalink:
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r3cv4bt3p
Sponsor:
Adopted by Fletcher Family Foundation in honor of Nancy Fletcher