<I>"Honey, Does Yo Lub Yo Man!"</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1897
name: label: Photograph by
content: William H. Rau, American, 1855 - 1920
label: Distributed by
content: Universal View Co., American, active 1890s - 1900s
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This stereoview card depicts a group of men, women, and children in a wedding scene. Consisting of two similar images side by side, the card is arranged with the images in the center. At either end of the card is vertical script. Words at the left side read “Sold only by Universal View Co. / Philadelphia PA, Lawrence Kan." Words at the right side read “William H. Rau Publishers/ Philadelphia, U.S.A." At the bottom right margin of the card are the words ""Honey, Does Yo Lub Yo Man?" /Copyrighted 1897, by William H. Rau."
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.
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Marriage customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2015.248.4.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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 × 6 in. (8 × 15.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 3 9/16 × 7 1/16 in. (9 × 17.9 cm)