This is a page out of an old school book, Maury’s New Complete Geography (1906). The plate is labeled “Race Types.” See the key at the bottom to which images are “caucasion,” “mongolian,” “malay,” and “ethiopian.” (You should be able to click on the image to see it larger.)
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Wendy — January 30, 2008
Wow! how incredibly creepy-- especially the way the "race types" are arranged in a hierarchy.
Anonymous — January 30, 2008
There is a more elaborate version of this at a local pub, and it has always fascinated me
Anonymous — February 2, 2008
Notice how the good respectable white old anglo saxan is at the top in the middle? I have a feeling I know which "race type" made the picture...
Casey — February 11, 2008
Did anyone else notice that the Naitve Americans didn't get a "race type"?
Or that the last perosn is an "American Negro"
pkdk — March 29, 2008
Interesting to me that they recognized more than one "type" of African and Native American.
Also, of course, the default person of any racial group is male.
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Caitlin — January 20, 2010
Notice, too, how only men are included in this. Women aren't people and therefore cannot represent even a stereotype of their race.