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Who Radio Des Moines with racist doll as prop

March 6, 2024
Written by Landslide Creative

Large scale photograph postcard Who Radio Des Moines Iowa with “Cowboy Ken” and “Uncle Stan” holding with two prop dolls: a toy Rabbit and a caricatured Black doll that was called “Nappy.”

Circassian woman circus performer, Bowery

Written by Landslide Creative

The photo shows a studio portrait of a woman in short costume and with an enormous afro-style hair. The studio props are not the regular period furniture but a large vine, which she clings to. Under the photo is the...

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