<I>Fine Old Dixie Recipes: Southern Cook Book: 322 Old Dixie Recipes</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1939
name: label: Edited by
content: Lillie S. Lustig
label: Edited by
content: S. Claire Sondheim, American, 1908 - 1999
label: Edited by
content: Sarah Rensel
label: Published by
content: The Three Mountaineers, Inc., American
label: Illustrated by
content: H. Charles Kellum, American, 1894 - 1953
label: Printed by
content: Cuneo Press, Inc., American
notes: label: Description
content: A cookbook with a brown, wood board cover. The wood board front cover has a carved and painted illustration on the front of a stereotypical "Mammy" figure carrying a turkey on a tray. The figure is depicted in profile, facing the right edge of the cover. She is wearing a white kerchief on her head, a white apron, a red and white plaid dress, and a red neck kerchief with yellow polka dots. Black painted, carved lettering appears centered at the top of the front cover and reads, [Fine / Old Dixie / Recipes] in two (2) fonts. The back wood board cover is blank. The wood board covers are bound together with three (3) green plastic spiral rings at the spine. Inside the wood board cover is a staple bound, blue booklet with the title, [Southern / Cook / Book] printed at the top and the subtitle, [322 Old Dixie Recipes] printed at the bottom. Between the title and subtitle is a black-and-white, hatched, illustration of another stereotypical "Mammy" figure. She is depicted seated, facing the viewer, and she is looking down and smiling. She is holding a large bowl in her lap and she is stirring the contents with a long spoon. At the bottom of the interior cover is a one sentence blurb from the Charlotte, N.C., News. Affixed to the bottom of the title page is a off-white label that reads, [THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF ATTRACTIVE / GIFT COOK BOOKS ALL OF WHICH HAVE / HAND DECORATED WOODEN COVERS. ASK YOUR / DEALER FOR OTHER STYLES / A PRODUCT OF THREE MOUNTAINEERS]. There is a handwritten inscription in pencil in the top left corner of the title page that reads [$15.00 / (N.D.) / *[?]]. The interior pages are white with black type and black-and-white illustrations. The cookbook has forty-eight (48) pages.
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 printed
content: Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Collection of James M. Caselli and Jonathan Mark Scharer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.7.388
objectType: label: Type
content: cookbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal, wood, plastic and paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Closed): 9 1/4 × 6 11/16 × 7/8 in. (23.5 × 17 × 2.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Open): 9 1/4 × 12 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (23.5 × 31.5 × 3.2 cm)