Aunt Jemima
by Paul Mashburn
Title
Aunt Jemima
Artist
Paul Mashburn
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Nancy Green (1834 - 1923)
The first Aunt Jemima, Nancy Green, was born a slave in 1834. She signed an exclusive contract which gave her the right to portray the character for the rest of her life. Green was featured at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Green, as Aunt Jemima, cooked pancakes, sang songs, and told stories of the Old South.*
I recently photographed a couple of cookie jars in an antique store in Tennessee. I never viewed Aunt Jemima as anything other than helping my mom cook the best pancakes a boy can remember. Hopefully, no one will be offended by these images. I only hope they bring back the good memories.
*Biographies are from Marilyn Kern-Foxworth's book, Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and Rastus: Blacks in advertising, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press, 1994
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January 5th, 2013
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