Discrimination
Materials in this category are for Institutional sale only - to be contextualized for educational purposes.
menu, program, racism, Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association, Crawford House
May 27th, 1898. A single-fold 12" x 9" menu and programme for an annual meeting of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association. Stereotypical racist imagery of a banjo player and dancer on the front cover. The blatant racism persists on the Programme and Menu page within. Each menu course is.....
Price: $135.00
Stereotypes, Racism, Performances, Minstrelsy, Black America, Song and Dance
United States: 1829-19074.19. A gathering of twenty-three (23) items promoting performances by and/or exploiting Black entertainers spanning the years 1829 and 1907. Most of the items are sheet music, with one printed flyer and one illustrated printed flyer. White people in black face and Minstrelsy are well represented, as well.....
Price: $15,000.00
Zoos and Aquariums, Boston, Advertising, Performing Arts, Racism
Boston: Boston Zoological Society, 1897. The Boston Zoological Society's "Zoo Bulletin" for October 18, 1897, featuring a variety of diverting offerings including: the feeding of sea lions and carnivora; glee performances; and an upcoming exhibit of polar bears, "Direct from Hagenbeck's, at Hamburg, Germany". Also included are some more disturbing.....
Price: $200.00
Stereotypes, Racism, Performances, Side Shows
New York, New York: J.M. Elliott, c1839. A fascinating printed poster documenting the touring show of the "original" Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng Bunker. The show was titled "The United Brothers, Chang-Eng". The brothers were born in Siam (now Thailand) in 1811, and popularized the term "Siamese Twins" via their.....
Price: $1,250.00
Circus, Entertainment, Songster, Dime Hand Book, Racism
New York: William H. Murphy, [1895]. 37 pp. . A wide array of songs. Many with writer's name and copyright year (mostly 1889) Last page and back wrapper promotes Merchant's Oil products. Measures 6 3/4" x 4 3/4"
Price: $200.00
Racism, Stereotyping, Black, Advertising
1880s-1890s. This collection of mostly 19th century advertising trade cards and labels is a representative sample of the demeaning and insulting portrayals used in advertising. It demonstrates extreme stereotyping, racism and satirizing of appearance, speech and actions. It includes portrayals of minstrels, field workers, cooks, philanderers, individuals without proper shoes.....
Price: $5,500.00
Missionary reports and serials,Colonialism,Imperialism,ABCFM , ABAA-RBMS-2023
Boston, Massachusetts: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1844. Vol. XL, Nos. 4, 6, and 7 of The Missionary Herald, a serial published in Boston by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). The present issue publishes news from their members doing missionary work in Africa, the.....
Price: $250.00
Disney,Disneyland,Public Facing,Scripts and Narratives,Depictions of Jungles and Rain forests,Racism as Entertainment
[Anaheim, California]: Disneyland, 1980. An original cast member script with Disneyland's Jungle Cruise live narration for the month of April, 1980. Provides valuable insight into how the staff "manage" guests' experiences, from keeping the mood light to keeping the line moving. Includes directions, such as when to load guests into.....
Price: $325.00
Public School,Race and Education,Segregation
Nashville, Tennessee: Jones, Purvis & Co., 1873. Printed record of an 1873 law passed in Tennessee on public schools. Note the availability of free public education to people of color, but only in segregated settings, as mentioned in Section 30: "Be it further enacted, That the Public Schools shall be.....
Price: $200.00
Public Health,Marriage,Venereal Disease , ABAA-RBMS-2023
North Dakota Department of Public Health, 1913. A disturbingly ableist and discriminatory booklet published for the general public, warning against syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections by claiming that "feeble-minded", weak, "sexually immoral", or epileptic children are all results of sexual promiscuity and venereal disease. Sexual health as patriotic duty.....
Price: $225.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Linguistics, Syllables, Language, Educational Games
New York, New York: Selchow & Righter, 1883. A Victorian "Game of Syllables" for teaching children the building blocks of language while also having fun. Complete with instructions sheet, housed in the original box. The cards feature roots, suffixes, or prefixes; each player must create words out of the cards.....
Price: $275.00
Sexism in Victorian Advertising, Gender Roles
Buffalo, NY: Clay & Co., [1880]. A 10 1/2" x 8 3/4" printer's proof (note printer's marks top and bottom). It depicts a woman dressed in a gossamer top exposing the detail of her upper torso carrying a 60 pound case of laundry detergent with a washboard and tub at.....
Price: $750.00
Louisiana,White League,KKK,Civil Rights
United States: [1874]. A political pamphlet printing a speech given by Republican Senator Oliver P. Morton of Indiana, on racism in the South and its current political implications. Morton (1823-1877) was a strong ally of Lincoln, and condemns here the continued activity of the White League, KKK, and other White.....
Price: $150.00
Chap books,Native Americans in Children's Literature
Concord, New Hampshire: Merriam & Merrill, 1854. Later edition. A book of children's stories featuring Native Americans, with illustrations throughout. Reinforced positive and negative stereotypes/associations for American children. 12mo (6" by 3.75"), pp. 24, illus., bound in publisher's wrps. going to the same text but for the next year's edition.....
Price: $100.00
Printing & Publishing, Lithography, Imps, Race and Racism, Chromolithography
United States: 1901. Ten (10) vibrant two-sided chromolithograph prints advertising printing inks, dry colors, varnishes, bronze powders, and paper, with one advertising a company offering engraving, electrotyping, and photography. Four (4) different companies are represented in this grouping including the Ault & Wiborg Company, J. Manz, Jaenecke Printing Ink Co......
Price: $2,000.00
Children's Art, Stereotypes, Minstrelsy, Original Artwork
United States: c1900. Naive children's painting on laid paper (5" by 6.75") labeled in pencil: "This is big Ben Green". "Ben Green" appears to be a man in black face or a Minstrel-type character smoking a cigar while riding a donkey. Typical African stereotyping.
Price: $225.00
Violence Against Women,History of Film,Silent Movies,Starlets of the Silver Screen,Chastity,Male Savior Syndrome,Triangle Motion Picture Company,Racism,Anti-Arab Sentiment
[Minneapolis, Minnesota]: Friedman Film Corporation, [1915]. Modesty is kicked to the curb in this flashy illustrated advertisement for a showing of "Wars' Women", a self-described "stupendous" 1915 silent film starring Enid Markey denouncing violence towards the "weaker sex" in times of war. "Wars' Women" appears to be a lost film.....
Price: $100.00
police, civil rights, law, aclu, non profit, legal., Q & A
Providence, RI: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Rhode Island, [1965]. A 'Q & A' pamphlet provided by the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU) on what to do when you are stopped by the police. The pamphlet has been broken up into three sections: 'If You Are.....
Price: $65.00
Communism,antifascism,Anti-Semitism,Jewish Policy,1948 Elections,Palestine,Jewish-American Life
New York, New York: New Century Publishers, 1948. A passionate polemic elucidating the Communist position on Jewish rights, Palestine, Birobidjan, and Zionism. Includes a chapter titled "Some Current Cultural Problems" which addresses issues such as "the cultural problems springing from the bilingual character of the American Jewish national group", and.....
Price: $325.00
Anti-Integration, Racism, Social Welfare
Richmond, VA: The Patrick Henry Press, 1965. 26pp. Black and white illustrated wrapper. Cover depicts a checkerboard school house with an American flag flying above. Contents include Part I - The Intelligence of Public School Children The Florida Study, The Georgia Study, Project Talent Part II - Three Examples of.....
Price: $150.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Kentucky,Race and Education,Education for the Blind,Disability and Education
Frankfort, Kentucky: 1876. An important record of Kentucky's educational system and institutions c.1876, prepared as a promotional overview for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Highlights the growing role of public education in America. Includes: a complete organizational structure of the state system; brief overviews of each town's educational system.....
Price: $175.00
Stereotypes and Racism, Lithography, Anti-Chinese Sentiment, American West
[Chicago, Illinois]: Western News Co., 1870. First printing of "The Heathen Chinee", subtitled "Plain Language from Truthful James", a series of nine (9) lithographic plates based on the narrative poem by Bret Harte (1836-1902). Steeped in Anti-Chinese sentiment, the plates tell the story of a Chinese immigrant named "Ah Sin".....
Price: $300.00