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Barlow's Indigo Blue dye
- 1860s
Cardboard box which at one time contained two dozen, wooden dye containers sealed with paper labels. Each contained an indigo fabric dye puck.
Indigo is among the oldest dyes to be used for textile dyeing and printing.…
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Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik dye label with indigo dye workers
- Circa 1900
Dye label depicting male laborers dyeing fabrics in a setting reminiscent of Islamic architecture. The racially stereotyped illustration evokes Persian indigo dye workers in Iran, where indigo dye was utilized for…
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Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik dye label with deity
- Circa 1900
Dye label depicting a caricature of a deity figure with multiple hands and heads, stereotyping Hindu gods and goddesses. Hindu symbols were used by Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik (BASF) on their company's dye labels…
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Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik dye label with woman and child milking cow
- Circa 1900
Dye label depicting a racially stereotyped Indian woman and child milking a cow. The woman wears a sari amidst a lush landscape. Racist caricatures of Indian people and of Hindu symbols were used by Badische Anilin &…
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Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik dye label with figures in a mountainous landscape
- Circa 1900
Dye label features two young male figures in a mountainous landscape, which possibly depicts the Andes Mountains. The earliest found use of indigo used as a dye for cloth was found in Huaca Prieta, Peru. Therefore, this…
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Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik dye label with alpaca
- Circa 1900
Dye label features an alpaca standing in a mountainous landscape, which possibly depicts the Andes mountains. The earliest found use of indigo used as a dye for cloth was found in Huaca Prieta, Peru. Therefore, this…
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Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik dye label with cow
- Circa 1900
Dye label depicts a cow standing in front of what appears to be a Hindu place of worship. Due to Hinduism being widely practiced in India, this illustration could be referencing India's history as the earliest producer…