<I>5011 Grinding Cane, a Branch Establishment.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1901
name: label: Photograph by
content: H.C. White Co., American, 1874 - 1915
label: Published by
content: H.C. White Co., American, 1874 - 1915
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: This stereograph card depicts two boys chewing on sugar cane. Wearing light shirts and sitting against a wood slat fence, each boy holds a section of cane in his hand. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is text that reads "H.C. White Co., Chicago, New York, London/ Gen'l Office Works, North Bennington, Vt., U.S.A." On the right side margin is text that reads "The "Perfect" Stereograph. (Trade Mark)/ EDITION & LUXE Patented April 14, 1903." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "5011 Grinding Cane, a Branch Establishment. / Copyright 1901 by H.C. White Co." There is text on the reverse of the card that reads " Grinding Cane - a Branch Establishment./ Annexe d'une fabrique de sucre de canne./ Moliendo cana. - Una sucursal del ingenio./ Zuckerrohr - Zerkleinerer. Ein Zweig der grossen Fabrik. / Ett "sockerbruk" - filiale tablissement. / [Russian Cyrillic text]."
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
label: Topic
content: Sugarcane
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.248.4.27
objectType: label: Type
content: stereographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 5 15/16 in. (7.9 × 15.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (8.9 × 17.2 cm)