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Library and Archives: Stacks: Jewett House Collection: Trade Cards: Racial Stereotypes
GUSN-190936
This painting contains employs racist stereotypes.
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A girl drinks from a ladle while holding a bucket. A barrel of water is suspended from the sky.
racial discrimination
ladles
paintings (visual works)
Project number HNE0094
1 painting
MS014
Jewett family papers
MS014.TMP.002
5 15/16 x 4 15/16 (HxW)(inches)
New England (United States) [general region]
paintings (visual works)
African American girls
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
African American or Black
Included in the Boston African Americana Project.
Item
Library and Archives: Stacks: Jewett House Collection: Trade Cards: Racial Stereotypes
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