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Untitled (Woman with Dan Dee Display)

c. 1960s

Jimmy Baynes

(American, 1922–2010)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Paper: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Jo Hershey Selden Fund 2023.190
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Western-themed television shows and movies were incredibly popular in the 1950s.

Description

In the promotion pictured, Dan Dee Pretzel & Potato Chip Co. used a cowboy theme to sell their snacks. Founded in Pennsylvania but located in Cleveland starting in 1916, this family-run business was a major brand in Ohio, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and New York until its demise in 2018. Their use of a Black model and photographer for this promotional image suggests that they targeted some advertising toward the Black community.
A vertically oriented, black-and-white photograph features a woman with medium-dark skin tone in cowboy attire posing before a snack display. Wearing a dark hat, light shirt, and holster, she rests one boot on a metal tin while smiling toward us. Behind her, bold block lettering for "DAN DEE" snacks is set against crinkled metallic foil featuring a white steer skull. Shelves packed with bags of snacks border the scene's left edge.

Untitled (Woman with Dan Dee Display)

c. 1960s

Jimmy Baynes

(American, 1922–2010)
America

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