- Photograph by
- H.C. White Co., American, 1874 - 1915
- Published by
- H.C. White Co., American, 1874 - 1915
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1901
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 5 15/16 in. (7.9 × 15.1 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 3 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (8.9 × 17.2 cm)
- Description
- This stereograph card depicts two boys chewing on sugar cane. Wearing light shirts and sitting against a wood slat fence, each boy holds a section of cane in his hand. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is text that reads "H.C. White Co., Chicago, New York, London/ Gen'l Office Works, North Bennington, Vt., U.S.A." On the right side margin is text that reads "The "Perfect" Stereograph. (Trade Mark)/ EDITION & LUXE Patented April 14, 1903." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "5011 Grinding Cane, a Branch Establishment. / Copyright 1901 by H.C. White Co." There is text on the reverse of the card that reads " Grinding Cane - a Branch Establishment./ Annexe d'une fabrique de sucre de canne./ Moliendo cana. - Una sucursal del ingenio./ Zuckerrohr - Zerkleinerer. Ein Zweig der grossen Fabrik. / Ett "sockerbruk" - filiale tablissement. / [Russian Cyrillic text]."
- Statement
- Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
- Classification
- Racist and Stereotypical Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- stereographs
- Topic
- Children
- Foodways
- Photography
- Rural life
- Stereotypes
- Sugarcane
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.248.4.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




