Jazzbo-Jim
date: label: date made
content: 1921
notes: label: Description
content: This Jazzbo Jim wind-up tin toy is part of Black Americana, a genre of objects reflecting African American history. The toy was creating in Newark, New Jersey in 192 and features a black guitarist wearing a plaid outfit playing atop a tin house decorated with black minstrel figures. Black Memorabilia like this personify negative stereotypes of African Americans by utilizing humor as a vehicle for racial oppression. This figurine's base displays caricatures of African Americans with exaggerated facial features like big red lips and bug-eyed stares. Furthermore, this toy shows how toymakers of the twentieth century co-opted nineteenth-century stereotypes to increase revenue. This derogatory toy's 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 Jersey, Newark
topic: label: Subject
content: Stereotypes
label: Subject
content: Racism
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0188.09
label: accession number
content: 2018.0188
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0188.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: collectible
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (toy material)
label: Measurements
content: house: 2 11/16 in x 4 19/32 in x 3 3/32 in; 6.858 cm x 11.684 cm x 7.874 cm
label: Measurements
content: jazzbo jim: 7 1/2 in x 3 in x 2 in; 19.05 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 3 in x 5 in x 6 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm x 16.51 cm