A B/W double portrait of Royal Rodnell, Bowdoin Class of 1901, in theater costumes. On the left, Rodnell appears in blackface, portraying a racist "mammy" or "Aunt Jemima" caricature. These caricatures were commonly portrayed in white theaters. Undated.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Costumes, Blackface, Mammy, Offensive, African American, Black History, Objects of Intolerance
