Box 1
Contains 60 Results:
Racial Caricature Greeting Cards, 1932 and undated
This folder contains three Happy Birthday and one Christmas card. The cards contain cartooned sketches of African Americans, with factors such as large lips and big eyes. One happy birthday card has a sketch of three black women riding in a large watermelon.
Racial Caricature Greeting Cards, Undated
This folder contains numerous happy birthday cards featuring cartooned sketches of African American girls. The girls' features include large eyes and curly hair.
Kwanzaa Greeting Cards and Stickers, Undated
Cards that promote the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
Songs of 1900, 1900
This is a book of rag-time melodies, which includes advertisements, sheet music, and lyrics.
Essex County High School Yearbook, 1940
This item is the yearbook of the African American high school in Essex County, Virginia. The yearbook includes photographs, poems, and advertisements.
Travel Guide to Negro Hotels and Guest Houses, 1942
This travel guide of “negro” hotels was published by Afro-American Newspapers. The guide includes a map of the East Coast and advertisements from multiple hotels.
Theater Advertisements, undated
Two advertisements promoting performances by African American musicians and artists.
African American Cards and Valentines, 1910-1920
Five various cards and Valentine's featuring caricatures of African Americans. Most of the cards depict the individuals with over exaggerated features and stereotypes, such as one card showing an African American eating watermelon.
African American Postcards, 1910-1930
20 caricature and three photograph postcards of African Americans. Most of the caricature postcards feature stereotypical cartoons and captions of African Americans. The photographs show African Americans tilling in cotton fields and posing outside dilapidated homes.
Stereoviews of African American Families, 1880-1920
Three stereoviews showing African Americans picking cotton in Georgia and Mississippi cotton fields and sugar cane in Peurto Rico. The views were produced by Underwood and Underwood, and the Keystone Viewing Company.