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Racist trade card specimen depicting an African American man “Othello” holding a knife and jealously looking at an African
American woman and man conversing. Shows the African American man, attired in a hat, a red shirt with a white collar, white
and blue striped pants with yellow suspenders, red socks, and black shoes, baring his teeth in an angry expression while he
holds a knife in his right hand. He stands beside a building and looks over his right shoulder. Behind the building, in the
background, an African American woman, attired in a red, short-sleeved dress with a white collar and red shoes, stands with
her hands on her hips. She talks with an African American man, attired in a hat, a white collared shirt, a black jacket, khaki
pants, and brown shoes, who has his left hand in his jacket pocket and points his index finger on his right hand at the woman.
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