- Photograph by
- Griffith and Griffith, founded 1896
- Published by
- Griffith and Griffith, founded 1896
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1900
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with dye on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 × 6 in. (7.6 × 15.3 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 3 7/16 × 6 7/8 in. (8.7 × 17.5 cm)
- Description
- A color half-tone print depicting three children watching a man place a watermelon in a root cellar. This stereo card consists of two identical side by side images. In the daytime outdoors, a man wearing a bright colored hat, long sleeve shirt, dark vest and bottoms, carries a very large watermelon into a stone faced root cellar. Behind him, on the ground, is bushy green foliage. Watching the man from the top of the stone facing are three dark haired boys wearing bright colored tops. Behind them, making up the foreground of the image, is high bushy grass and tall trees. Below the right image card, printed on the sheet in bold English is: “Dis am the Pick of dat Patch.” Copyright is also indicated for Griffith & Griffith.
- 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
- Classification
- Racist and Stereotypical Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Foodways
- Photography
- Stereotypes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mark Miller and Barbara Smeltzer
- Object number
- 2019.3.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




