<I>I bet dis am a Good one</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
notes: label: Description
content: A color half-tone print depicting three children holding a watermelon. This stereo card consists of two identical side by side images. In the daytime, outside of a stone faced root cellar, three dark haired boys all have their hands on a very large watermelon. From left to right: a boy in a light colored long sleeve shirt and brown pants, smiles as he touches one end of a watermelon with his proper right hand. Next to him, a boy in a bright colored long sleeve shirt smiles at the camera with his proper right hand on the watermelon. A boy wearing a yellow long sleeve jacket and dark pants crouches on his knees with both hands resting on the watermelon. All three are situated at the opening of a root cellar, green foliage to their right, and clumped dirt at their feet. Below the right image card, printed on the sheet in bold English is: I Bet dis am a Good One.”
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2019.3.2
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 × 15.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 3 7/16 × 6 7/8 in. (8.7 × 17.5 cm)