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Cream of Wheat He Sho' Thinks He's Hidin'

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09779.01 Author/Creator: Cream of Wheat Place Written: s.l. Type: Advertisement Date: 1920 Pagination: Height: 27.4 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

One undated tin plaque advertising Cream of Wheat. Image contains minstrel imagery of a Black chef with a small white child hiding. Tag line reads, "He sho' thinks he's hidin.'"

White, Frank L., 1858-1938
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Minstrel
Stereotypes
Race discrimination
Advertising
The Roaring Twenties

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