Vintage Thanksgiving Eye Candy
November 27, 2008
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As our readers know, our secret vice is antique postcards and the fanciful artwork often found on them. This seemed like a good year to showcase a scarce 1910 black Americana Thanksgiving postcard which, while stereotypical in its portrayal of an Aunt Jemima-like black mammy and a husband closely resembling “Uncle Tom,” provides a glimpse of how white Americans envisioned blacks celebrating Thanksgiving almost 100 years ago.
Just to be fair, and by comparison, we’re including a “white,” — and very different — portrayal of Thanksgiving from the same time frame. While it’s graphically striking, we personally think that the black Americana postcard depicts better family values. May your turkey be moist.
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