"I's Boun' to Hab a Christmas Dinna!", 1898
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Artifact Overview
This stereograph shows a man about to nab a hen from her roost. The scene reinforced racist views by denigrating a black man as a "chicken thief." The caption, in dialect, further vilified rural black culture as uneducated. The Dominique hens likewise factored into the overt racist message through their association with Euro-centric colonial revival ideals, a stark contrast to the New Negro movement launched in 1895.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Stereograph
Date Made
1898
Subject Date
1898
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2020.0.1.21
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 6.75 in
Inscriptions
front, left side: Keystone View Company, / Manufacturers and Publishers
front, right side: Meadville, Pa. St. Louis, Mo. / Copyright 1898, by B.L. Singley
front, bottom right side: 9397--"I's Boun' to Hab a Christmas Dinna!"
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