Object Details
- Description
- Color picture postcard depicting four naked Black babies sitting and standing on the shore near a body of water. Black type below image reads, [40. ALLIGATOR BAIT]. Postcard has stamp, postmark, and handwritten message on reverse side of postcard. It has been sent from Camden County, South Carolina to Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Statement
- 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.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Published by
- Curt Teich & Company, American, 1898 - 1978
- Date
- February 11, 1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 × 5 9/16 in. (8.9 × 14.1 cm)
- Type
- picture postcards
