Summary
Note: This object includes a person 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 two children dressed up in costumes, Manangatang, Victoria, circa 1935.
Description of Content
Two young boys in fancy dress. One is dressed as a minstrel and holds a ukulele, the other is dressed as a clown.
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Collecting Areas
Leisure, Information & Communication, Sustainable Futures, Images & Image Making, Childhood
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Teresa Lambert, 01 Aug 1985
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Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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