Authentic Pickaninny Peanut Butter tin - Rare

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Authentic Pickaninny Peanut Butter tin - Rare :
$225.00

Pickaninny peanut butter tin

Offered for your high end tin / blackmemorabilia collection is a truly rare 30\'s tin \"Pickaninny\" 1 lb., Peanut Butter tin with two sided graphics from the F.M. Hoyt Co of Amsebury, Mass. A Pickaninny was a term used back in that time to describe a black child. This tin is in good condition for its age and as pictured. The metal handle is still attached as is the removable tin lid. See the interesting letter sent to the F.M. Hoyt co. by George Washington Carver suggesting a name change. Well packed. Ships fast and insured.

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Below is a letter fromGeorge Washington Carverto F.M Hoyt & Company gently objecting to this trademark:

November 29, 1929

Dear Sir:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your interesting favor of recent date. . .

I believe your idea is a good one and with the advertisement you have in mind, I do not see why the venture should not become popular. I trust that you will, however, understand me and pardon me for making these suggestions.

It is solely in the interest of the peanut industry. I notice your trademark is “Pickaninny” peanuts, and that you are going to have a particularly appealing “Pickaninny” face.

I take it for granted that you are putting up these peanuts with the hope that everyone will buy them and that your trademark will become very popular. Now,my people object seriously to their children being called “Pickaninnies” as the usual Negro child. “Pickaninnies” as they are called by some, are merely caricatures….I presume that you are acquainted with the unpopularity of the “Pickaninny” pie which was made after the manner of the Eskimo pie, but the caricature of its trade-mark made it very unpopular, so much so, that I understand that the originator had to give up the business. Of course, the “Gold Dust Twins” washing powder, and the “Cream of Wheat”, both colored advertisements, are very popular.

Now, as I stated before, I trust that you will understand me in what I mean andin using these trade-marks, do not have it an ugly cartoon…

I shall be glad to co-operate with you in any way I can, with sincerely good wishes, I am

Very truly yours,
G.W. Carver