| Apeda, N.Y. Golliwog Stage Show 1934 Silver print, toned 10 3/8 x 13 3/8 in Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (49 / 109) LL/18552 The golliwogs were beloved British children book and doll figures, based on a minstrel show cakewalk dancer like many such figures they were ambivalent, with racist overtones. The De Vigny company in Paris marketed perfume in bottles with the golliwog motif. This is a scene from a NY musical show with a lavish dance number "Les Parfume" [as stamped on the verso.] It is by Apeda, N.Y. (Larry Gottheim)
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