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Racist trade card advertisement ca.1880 for rat poison

Ad for rat and pest control showing a dead rat and an Asian man holding a rat to his mouth.

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A trade card advertisement ca.1880 for rat poison features a Chinese man about to eat a rodent. The stereotype was that the Chinese were so alien as to eat rats, mice, and other vermin as part of their diet.

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03.03.07a

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Racist trade card advertisement ca.1880 for rat poison

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We Are Here Because You Were There: Race, Colonialism, and Migration, Module 3

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Text

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Handbill

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https://thesocietypages.org/trot/2020/03/10/disease-exposes-discrimination/

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The Society Pages

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03.03.IMG.029

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Unknown

Module

We Are Here Because You Were There: Race, Colonialism, and Migration, Module 3

Type

Text

Format

Handbill

File Format

jpg

URL

https://thesocietypages.org/trot/2020/03/10/disease-exposes-discrimination/

Source

The Society Pages

MUMI Number

03.03.IMG.029

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