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African American Stereotypes:
Chicken & Watermelon Themes

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c.1930s Watermelon Figurine	c.1930s Watermelon Figurine	Watermelon Pete and Other Stories (1937)	1938 Hoptons Restaurant Matchbook, featuring "Nigger Chicken"	1939 Postcard: "Give us de rine!" "Ain't goin' be no rine"
c.1940s Souvenir Boy With Watermelon and Cotton	c.1940s Mammy Sewing Pin Cushion, with Watermelon	c.1940s Postcard	Jasper and The Watermelons (1945)	1947 Ashtray: "Scram bee, this ain't yo' hive"
c.1950s Coon Chicken Inn Matchbook	c.1950s Coon-Chicken Inn Menu	c.1980s Wooden Pickaninny Children with Watermelon	2000s Dixie Boy Brand Poster

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