<I>"How de Debble Does Dey Make a Bicycle?"</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1892
name: label: Published by
content: Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
label: Distributed by
content: Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: This stereograph card depicts a boy sitting in a room with frame of an umbrella and a hoop on his lap. He holds a hammer in his right hand. There is a tabby cat sitting on his left. 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 text. On the left side margin is text that reads "Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publishers. / New York, N.Y." On the right side margin is text that reads "Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, / [illegible]erpool, - New York, - Chicago, -Toronto, - Ottawa, Kas. - El Paso, Tex." Along the bottom left margin is text that reads “Copyright, 1892 by Strohmeyer & Wyman." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "How d [illegible] does dey Make a Bicycle?" / Com[illegible] se hacen los Bicirculos?"
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
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.248.4.28
objectType: 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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 5 15/16 in. (8 × 15.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 3/8 × 6 15/16 in. (8.6 × 17.6 cm)