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Contains 31 Results:

Blackface Minstrel Plays the Violin, circa 1860

 Item — Box: 1, Object: 1
Scope and Contents

This stereograph is faded photograph of a man in blackface playing the fiddle. The stereogram is very early, probably around 1860.

Dates: circa 1860

"Look out dar, sumfin's gwine to drap", Part I, 1892

 Item — Box: 1, Object: 3
Scope and Contents

This stereogram (previously titled "A Negro Family") introduces the story of an African American family. The family members, who appear to Caucasians in black face, are looking at a raccoon up in a tree. Instead, it is the father of the family who falls out of the tree.

Dates: 1892

"Does You Love Me Hun?", undated

 Item — Box: 1, Object: 22
Scope and Contents

This stereogram features a man and woman in blackface, embracing on a swing.

Dates: undated

"If Dat Dog Wasn't Watching I'd Kiss You", undated

 Item — Box: 1, Object: 28
Scope and Contents

This stereogram depicts an African American man and woman and their dog sitting on a large pile on cotton. A young boy is peeking over the top of the pile.

Dates: undated