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Stereotypes of African Americans: Essays & Images
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Chicken & Watermelon Themes
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c.1890s Engraving: Pickaninnies feast on watermelons
c.1890s Engraving: Pickaninnies feast on watermelons
1897 Stereoview : "Jinks, I could'a sworn I saw a leetle darky in the melon patch"
1897 Stereoview : "Jinks, I could'a sworn I saw a leetle darky in the melon patch"
1898 Stereoview Card: "Did you say watermelon was no good?"
1898 Stereoview Card: "Did you say watermelon was no good?"
c.1890s Victorian Trade Card: Sapolio Scouring Soap
c.1890s Victorian Trade Card: Sapolio Scouring Soap
c.1890s Victorian Trade Card: "nigger eating watermelon"
c.1890s Victorian Trade Card: "nigger eating watermelon"
c.1900s Postcard: "A dream of Paradise"
c.1900s Postcard: "A dream of Paradise"
c.1900s Postcard: "Oh! dat ar watermillion"
c.1900s Postcard: "Oh! dat ar watermillion"
c.1900s Postcard: "Who said watermelon?"
c.1900s Postcard: "Who said watermelon?"
c.1900s Postcard" "ah lubs yo more dan watermelon"
c.1900s Postcard" "ah lubs yo more dan watermelon"
c.1900s Postcard: "Golly, it's good!"
c.1900s Postcard: "Golly, it's good!"
c.1920s Postcard: Mammy with watermelon
c.1920s Postcard: Mammy with watermelon
c.1900s Souvenir Spoon; St. Augustine, Florida
c.1900s Souvenir Spoon; St. Augustine, Florida
c.1900s Subscription card for The Pocket Checker Magazine
c.1900s Subscription card for The Pocket Checker Magazine
c.1900s Postcard: Rices (new) Surprise Musk Melon
c.1900s Postcard: Rices (new) Surprise Musk Melon
c.1900s Man with Watermelon Figurine
c.1900s Man with Watermelon Figurine
1905 Postcard: "I got my eye on you"
1905 Postcard: "I got my eye on you"
Rufus Rastus Brown (1906) (12 images)
Rufus Rastus Brown (1906) (12 images)
1906 Postcard: "I've got a feeling for you"
1906 Postcard: "I've got a feeling for you"
1906 Postcard: "If you were only with me"
1906 Postcard: "If you were only with me"
1908 Postcard: "Jes niggar luck"
1908 Postcard: "Jes niggar luck"
1909 Postcard with a Black family living in a giant watermelon
1909 Postcard with a Black family living in a giant watermelon
1910 Postcard: "I've been disturbing the piece"
1910 Postcard: "I've been disturbing the piece"
c.1910s Bank: Boy with Watermelon
c.1910s Bank: Boy with Watermelon
c.1910s Darkey Five Pins bowling game
c.1910s Darkey Five Pins bowling game
c.1910s Postcard: "Ah is savin' 'em all foh yo', honey"
c.1910s Postcard: "Ah is savin' 'em all foh yo', honey"
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