"I'm a farder"
still image
Graphic
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880
Collecting cards -- 1870-1880
Satires (Visual works) -- 1870-1880
xxu
United States]
UNITED STATES
[ca. 1880]
1880
monographic
eng
4 prints : chromolithographs ; sheet 12 x 8 cm (4.75 x 3 in.)
Set of four collecting cards depicting racist caricatures of African Americans to satirize fatherhood and the question of paternity. Titles are in the vernacular. Includes "I'm a Farder" showing a dapperly-dressed African American man, attired in a white collared shirt, a red tie, a gray waistcoat, a blue jacket, and blue-and-white striped pants. He talks to his "Aunty," an African American woman, attired in a red and yellow head kerchief, hoop earrings, a green and red shawl, a red dress, and a white apron, and holding her hands to her chest; "Aunty Says Der Am Two" showing the man with a sheepish look and his hands in his pockets while "Aunty" smiles; "And Dat One Am kinder White" showing the man aghast and standing straight up as "Aunty" holds out her hands in a near gesture of comfort; and "If Dat Chile Dont Change Color Der'l Be Trouble in Dis Yer Fam'ly" showing the man forlorn, hands in pockets, and looking down at this two infants being held by "Aunty" in her lap, while she sits in a chair under a placard reading "Bless Our Home." The baby in the left has a dark skin tone, and the baby in the right has a light skin tone.
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African American caregivers
Caricatures and cartoons
African American men
Caricatures and cartoons
African American women
Caricatures and cartoons
African Americans
Caricatures and cartoons
Fathers
Infants
Miscegenation
Paternity
Racially mixed people
Racism in popular culture
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