<I>I’se Gwine to Tan Yo’r Hide</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: Griffith and Griffith, founded 1896
label: Published by
content: Griffith and Griffith, founded 1896
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A color half-tone print depicting a man and three children with a sliced watermelon on the ground. This stereo card consists of two identical side by side images. In the daytime, outside of a stone faced root cellar, a grey hatted man in a bright long sleeve shirt, dark vest and pants, stands bent over a boy with his proper right hand and leg near the child’s left ear. From left to right: a dark haired boy in a light blue shirt, looking up at the man behind him, holds a very large slice of black seeded watermelon in his lap. His legs are crossed at the ankles. Beside him, a boy with dark hair, wearing a bright long sleeve shirt, his head turned proper right to look at the man, sits with his arms on either side of a watermelon, sliced topside. In front of the top sliced melon lay four large quarter slices, one on its side, partially eaten. At the right corner of the image, a boy in a long sleeve yellow jacket and dark bottoms, on his hands and knees in a crawl, has his head turned proper right, his body partially blocking the view into the cellar. There is a combination of green foliage, yellow grass, and clumped dirt, all around the cellar. Below the right image card, printed on the sheet in bold English is: “I’se Gwine to Tan Yo’r Hide.” Copyright is also indicated for Griffith & Griffith.
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: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mark Miller and Barbara Smeltzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.3.3
objectType: label: Type
content: relief halftones
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: ink on paper (fiber product) with dye on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 × 6 in. (7.6 × 15.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in. (8 × 8 cm)