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See that hump? Something inside for you [graphic].
Racist trade card promoting De Long Hook and Eye Company and depicting a caricature of an African American boy cutting a watermelon. Shows the barefoot boy, portrayed with exaggerated features, and holding a saber-like knife in his right hand while…
If you want to be stylishly shod and comfortably fitted, bring your feet to Lee Reinberg, shoe man, 7 and 11 S. George St., York, PA. [graphic].
Racist trade card illustration depicting a smiling African American boy sitting on top of a crate, eating a piece of watermelon, and holding a larger piece of watermelon in his lap. The boy is attired in a white and blue shirt, brown pants, brown…
[African American woman dancing] [graphic].
Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature an African American woman dancing. Shows the woman portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a red hat decorated with flowers, gold bracelets, a dress composed of a yellow, blue, and white…
[African American infant sitting on a blanket] [graphic].
Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American infant girl sitting on a blanket. Shows the African American infant, attired in a white dress with pink checks, sitting on top of a pink and yellow blanket. She looks and…
[African Americans picking cotton with a cotton compress] [graphic].
Racist, trade card specimen depicting African Americans picking cotton on a plantation. In the left foreground, shows an African American man, attired in a hat, a long-sleeved shirt, pants, and shoes, carrying a basket on his back filled with cotton.…
[African American man smiling and carrying a watermelon] [graphic].
Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man smiling and carrying a watermelon. Shows the full-length portrait of the man portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in a white collared shirt with blue stripes, a yellow…
Foh yo’ birfday! De sweetest little flowers, dat eber ah saw grew, am climbing up de birfday fence, a-blossomin’ foh you! [graphic].
Birthday card depicting a racist caricature an African American girl standing as flowers grow over a fence and towards a house. Shows the African American girl portrayed with exaggerated features and attired in an orange dress with purple polka dots,…
He’p yo’se’f to grapefruit from sunny Florida [graphic].
Post card depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy in a grapefruit orchard. Shows the barefooted boy smiling at the viewer and attired in a red collared jumpsuit with a belt. He holds the branches of a grapefruit tree that is laden…
Strike me pink if it ain’t yo’ anniversary! [graphic].
Racist, greeting card depicting a caricature portrayed with exaggerated features of an African American child’s face. The oversized child’s face looks directly at the viewer and purse’s their lips. The interior image has a depiction of the same child…
[African American boy butler carrying a bouquet of flowers] [graphic].
Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy butler. Shows the full-length portrait of the boy attired in a white shirt and bowtie, a yellow waistcoat, an orange jacket with tails, white gloves, blue pants, and white and black…