Can of " Black Mammy Plastic Roof Cement," West VA

Original Title

Black Mammy Plastic Roof Cement

Devised Title

Can of " Black Mammy Plastic Roof Cement," West VA

Date

1889

Creator

Miller Paint MFS .CO Hunington, West Virgina

Contributor

Thomas Bridge

Description

“Black Mammy Plastic Roof Cement” was a brand of roof cement marketed with a caricatured image or depiction of a stereotypical Black woman in the character of a domestic servant, donated by Thomas Bridge.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

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Location

Tallahasee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Three-Dimensional Object

Medium

Steel

Additional Techniques

Canning

Measurements

L:11cm x W:9cm

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

AR_0013_03_0001

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0030

Rights

All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Collection

Thomas Bridge African American Collection

Language

English