40. ALLIGATOR BAIT: Museum Object and Cultural History
40. ALLIGATOR BAIT: Date: February 11, 1921. Published by: Curt Teich & Company, American, 1898 - 1978. Type: picture postcards.
The object in the museum catalogue
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: February 11, 1921
- Published by: Curt Teich & Company, American, 1898 - 1978
- Type: picture postcards
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/2 × 5 9/16 in. (8.9 × 14.1 cm)
- Place used: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North and Central America
- Place made: Camden County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Caricature and cartoons
- Topic: Stereotypes
- Object number: 2014.312.181
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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