Summary
Note: This object includes a person dressed as a 'golliwog' wearing 'blackface' and a derogatory depiction of a particular cultural group. Such depictions are not condoned by Museums Victoria which considers them to be racist. Historical distance and context do not excuse or erase this fact.
Black and white negative of three children dressed up in costumes, Kooloonong, Victoria, 1930.
Description of Content
Three children in fancy dress. One is dressed as a 'golliwog', one as a Red Cross nurse and the third, possibly as an elf.
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Collecting Areas
Leisure, Clothing & Textiles, Images & Image Making, Childhood
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Jack J. Larkin, 26 Jul 1985
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Format
Negative, Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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