Box for “Darkie” brand toothpaste
date: label: Date
content: 1933-1985
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Hawley & Hazel Group, Chinese, founded 1933
notes: label: Description
content: A thin cardboard "Darkie" brand toothpaste box. Both the front and back of the box feature a black and white illustration of a caricature of a wide-eyed, smiling man wearing a top hat, white shirt, black jacket and a bow tie. The white and black text above the image on each side reads [DARKIE / TOOTH PASTE]. The bottom third of the box front has a circular logo with three circles split into one (1) large and two (2) small black and white semicircles and text above and below the middle semi-circle that reads [HAWLEY & HAZEL / BLACK & WHITE]. At the bottom of the front panel is black text that reads [HAWLEY & HAZEL / CHEMICAL CO. LTD.]. The back of the box is identical to the front. The thinner sides of the box are green with a black background. White and black text on each side reads [DARKIE / Contains Fluoride / TOOTH PASTE / Contents 46 ml]. The top and bottom flaps are green with black border. Black and white text on them reads [DARKIE / TOOTH PASTE / LARGE SIZE].
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 made
content: Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Caricature and cartoons
label: Topic
content: Health
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
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: 2007.7.172.1
objectType: label: Type
content: boxes (containers)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2007.7.172.1): 5 13/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 3/16 in. (14.8 × 4.1 × 3 cm)