Featured Special Lantern Slides 1906

I think political cartoon on the first is a possibility. The others are interesting and, I think, more skilled in execution. I don't see any two being from the same hand. I also don't see any apparent continuity between the images.

 

well, when I first saw the first one it reminded me of the unfortunate and racist ads for promos that were made to degrade African Americans. I don't know if I am right or not, but that is what came to my mind.

 

Ah.

Debora

 

Exaggerated nose, dark skin, huge red lips, fuzzy hair - sure looked like a caricature from here. The British allowed "minstrel shows" well into the modern era (The BBC "Black and White Minstrel Show" lasted until 1978).

https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/12/goll...ney-piggy-bank-sold-at-antiques-shop-8131567/

And "magic lantern" is a general term. Not a "trade name". They go back hundreds of years.

So UK racism went on long after it was improper in the US.

 

Still don't see Black Americana.

Debora

 

improper...certainly
a thing of the past....... not so much !

 

Black Victoriana? I wonder what the batch number was on the specific slide - as it is missing a large piece apparently. Is it marked "Ilford"?

 

The more I look at it, the more I am convinced the first one was that racist stuff.

Not too long ago, I was at a sale and overheard someone spewing some racist garbage about Obama. And then more recently I was at a sale and this guy was shooting his mouth off about his favorite Nazi show. My skin was crawling and I couldn't get out of there fast enough.

 

If there's a signature in this circled lower left corner, it's not too clear to most of us............

 

I think the man with the big nose is a caricature of a British poiltician of the day, which could be 1906 or earlier, since the orginal prints are probably older. He would still have been a recognizable figure in 1906 though, otherwise what was the point of making a slide.

If he is meant to be of (part)African descent, which I am not convinced of at all, the only British politician I could find who fits that bill had a moustache on all the photos I saw of him. And he didn't have a big nose.
Many other British politicians did have fairly big noses.

 

Might have been home made....
https://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Ilford_Plate_Boxes.html