A mechanical Christmas card with a black racial stereotype

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

A mechanical Christmas card with a black racial stereotype

Entry/Object ID

2010.269.1.1

Description

A mechanical Christmas card with a black racial stereotype, 1927. The card opens to a mechanical postal carrier in a black caricature and the text is so-called "black dialect." The "Moto-Folder" card has a patent date of 13 December 1927. The condition is good.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Christmas Cards