1963 March on Washington Union made pinback.
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Inge Hardison 1904- Statues From left to right: Norbert Rillieux, Matthew Henson, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, Dr. Charles Drew and Frederick McKinley-Jones
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Major Taylor pinback made by The White Head & Hoag Co.
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Lucy Laney cookie jar, salt and pepper shakers by Stoyteller Arts
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1960's Civil Rights Movement pinback.
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Fat Albert and Bill dolls from Fat Albert and Cosby Kids cartoon.
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Tar Baby (above jars) is an animation character in Disney’s movie, "Song of the South”.
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Niggerhead tobacco tin when the "word" became politically incorrect B. Leidersdorf Company changed the name of this product to Biggerhead tobacco.
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Taken from: http://www.auntjemima.com/aj_history/: "From the mid 1950’s until the late 1960’s Aylene Lewis was hired to portray Aunt Jemima at the Aunt Jemima restaurant in the newly opened Disneyland." These matches were loaned to the History San Jose Museum in 2007.
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Caricature tablecloth from Diana's Shack in Palo Alto, California, Dinah's Place, (Shack) was replaced with Trader Vic's. When President John F. Kennedy was a student at Stanford he frequented the restaurant when the building was demolished, the piece of beam where the President inscribed his name was sold.
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Original book with dust jacket – Jasper and the Watermelons – as the cover says, Paramount’s star of George Pal’s Puppetoons. Copyright 1945.
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Syrup pitcher, milk pitcher, and tray from Sambo's restaurant. Most Sambo's closed in 1982. The first Sambo's has re-opened in Southern California if interested there is information on the World Wide Web. Most buildings that were Sambo’s restaurants are now Denny's restaurants. In 2007 this set was on display at the History San Jose Museum in San Jose, CA.
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