Mechanical toy in the form of a caricatured boy in a mule led racing cart
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1895
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A cast iron, mechanical toy in the form of a caricatured boy in a mule led racing cart. The boy’s face and hands are painted black. He has wide eyes and wide, opened mouth with white teeth displayed. He is wearing blue pants with white knee patches, black shoes, a yellow jacket, and a light blue bowtie. The boy is also wearing a red, white, and blue baseball cap. The boy is holding a whip in his proper right hand and is holding his proper left hand up with his elbow bent. The cart has two (2) red wheels and a yellow and red carriage. The mule is brown and has a red and black harness. There is a red loop at mule's mouth and a wheel between mule's two front legs. When the toy is pulled, the boy’s arms move.
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: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Collection of James M. Caselli and Jonathan Mark Scharer
label: Classification
content: Toys and Games
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
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: 2007.7.287
objectType: label: Type
content: mechanical toys
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cast iron and paint
label: Dimensions
content: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (13.3 x 8.6 x 22.5 cm)