<I>4704 Pickanninnie's Paradise. or Between Two Temptations.</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: Carlton H. Graves, American
label: Published by
content: The Universal Photo Art Co., American, 1895 - 1910
notes: label: Description
content: This stereograph card depicts a "pickaninny" caricatured figure in a posed barnyard scene. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At the center of the scene is a figure dressed in striped overalls, a white shirt, and a large hat. The figure leans his left elbow against a large watermelon. To the right is a rooster and behind are large haybales and sheaves of wheat. At either end of the card is vertical script. On the left side is script that reads "The Universal Photo Art Co. / C.H. Graves Photographer, Phila U.S.A." On the left side margin is script that reads “Philadelphia, Naperville Ill. / London, Paris, Hamburg." At the bottom right margin is script that reads "4704 Pickanninnie's Paradise. or Between Two Temptations/ Copyright 1904 by C.H. Graves."
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: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rural life
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.248.4.7
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 1/4 × 6 in. (8.3 × 15.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 9/16 × 7 in. (9 × 17.8 cm)