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[African American child touching the hair of a crying white baby] [graphic].
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Title
[African American child touching the hair of a crying white baby] [graphic].
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 12 x 7 cm (5 x 3 in.)
Description
Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature an African American child, portrayed with exaggerated features, touching the hair of a crying white baby. Shows the barefooted, smiling, African American child, attired in a long-sleeved white layette, seated behind a white child. Both of their hands touch the hair on top of the head of the white baby seated below, who cries with a look of alarm on their face.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date deduced from the visual content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject
African American children -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Crying.
Hair.
Infants.
Racism in popular culture.
Smiling.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. 20 [P.2017.95.231]
Accession number
P.2017.95.231
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Gwen Goldman African Americana Trade Card Collection
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