<I>Dem Watermillion</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1888-1912
name: label: Photograph by
content: O. Pierre Havens, American, 1838 - 1912
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A cabinet card with a yellowish black-and-white photograph depicting a family eating watermelons outside a log structure. The mother is seated at the far left in the swept yard. She holds one quarter of a melon to her mouth in her right hand and another quarter in her left hand at her waist. The father is standing and leaning near a post by the porch of the building. The children are seated in the yard or standing and leaning against the building, with one older girl in the right foreground seated and partially obscured by a large wooden pestle and mortar. All but one of the children is holding a watermelon quarter near their mouth. The title is imprinted into the image with the words "DEM" and "WATERMELLION" on either side of the older girl in the right foreground. The photographer's name and address are printed on the reverse center of the tan card mount in black ink.
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: Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, 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: Language
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family 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 from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.166.19
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
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: unidentified photographic print on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 4 3/4 × 7 5/8 in. (12.1 × 19.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 5 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (13.7 × 21.3 cm)