Hey Hey The Chicken Snatcher
date: label: date made
content: April 13, 1926
name: label: maker
content: Louis Marx and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This Hey Hey the Chicken Snatcher tin toy was created by the Louis Marx and Company in New York on April 13, 1926. It was one of the company's earliest toy products and it is part of Black Americana, a genre of objects reflecting African American history. This Jim Crow era toy depicts a black man holding a stolen chicken and trying to escape a small dog biting his backside. Unfortunately, Black Memorabilia like these figurines personify negative stereotypes of African Americans by utilizing humor as a vehicle for racial oppression. The man's bug-eyed stare, gaping mouth and thievery each perpetuate minstrelsy stereotypes and associations of black people with felonious misconduct. While this derogatory toy is inaccurate, its existence speaks to American race relations and the prejudice African Americans encountered daily in their struggle for equality.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Stereotypes
label: Subject
content: Racism
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0188.15
label: accession number
content: 2018.0188
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0188.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: collectible
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 3 in x 2 in; 20.32 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm