<I>6050 - "I isn't bin borned very long."</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1897
name: label: Photograph by
content: B. L. Singley, American, 1863 - 1936
label: Published by
content: Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: This stereograph card depicts a baby sitting on a wooden surface. The baby has a broad smile, wears a loose dress and sits with legs stretched out in front. 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 script. On the left side margin is script that reads "Keystone View Company, / Manufacturers and Publishers." Script on the left side margin reads "Meadville, PA. St. louis, MO. / Copyright 1897 by B.L. Singley." On the bottom right margin is script that reads "6050 - “I isn't bin borned very long."
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: Language
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: 2015.248.4.8
objectType: label: Type
content: stereographs
label: Type
content: portraits
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 × 15.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (8.8 × 17.9 cm)