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Items associated with name 'Thomasville (Ga.)'

Black Americana Postcards (2)

by Unknown (circa 1900)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

These three Black Americana postcards depict African Americans in activities and manners. One postcard, which also contains a short note of correspondence, shows cotton being weighed in Norfolk, Virginia, another shows black children around a watermelon asking one of the kids for the rind, and the last is from Thomasville, Georgia and shows a black child eating with the quote "Delicious."

Associated Subjects: Postcards • Racism • African American History
Identifier: SC2014.005
Repository: Special Collections
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Thomasville, Georgia Black Americana Postcards

by Unknown (circa 1900)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

These three Thomasville, Georgia Black Americana Postcards depict African Americans in different manners. One postcard is a real photograph postcard showing mother and her daughter, another is a racist cartoon of an older man with two crying babies, and the third is an "ole mammy."

Associated Subjects: Postcards • Racism • African American History
Identifier: SC2014.004
Repository: Special Collections
Attachment: No attachment