These are the Generations of Ham
- Published by
- Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
- Photograph by
- Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- silver and albumen on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 3/16 × 6 1/8 in. (8.1 × 15.5 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (8.8 × 17.7 cm)
- Description
- This stereograph card depicts a group of women, children and a man sitting and standing in and in font of a doorway to a clapboard building. The adults all hold children on their laps or in in their arms. Consisting of two similar images side by side, the card is arranged with the images in the center. At either end of the card is vertical script. On the left hand margin the words read "Underwood & Underwood Publishers, / New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas." On the right hand margin are the words "Works and Studios/ Arlington, NJ, / Sun Sculpture/ [illegible]/ Trade Marks/ Westwood NJ." Running horizontally across the bottom margin are the words "These are the Generations of Ham. / Copyright, 1895, by Strohmeyer & Wyman." On the reverse of the card are the words" These are the Generations of Ham. / Les Generations des Jambons tumes (Ham). / Ham's [illegible]. / Estas son las generaciones del Jamon ahumado (Ham). / Desse aro Hams Attlingar. / [Greek lettered phrase]."
- 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.
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- Topic
- Children
- Domestic life
- Families
- Photography
- Religion
- Stereotypes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.248.4.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
2 image(s)