The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture

Squaw Brand Stringless Beans Label


Title:	Squaw Brand Stringless Beans Label
Description:	This image is of a can label depicting a romanticized view of an Indian woman and her baby. It was made by the Centerville Canning Co. of Centerville, MD, USA. The label is likely from the 1920s to early 1950s. Stereotypical views of Aboriginal people were quite common in North-American popular culture from the late nineteenth century until the 1960s. This artifact is now part of the Gabriel Dumont Institute Museum Collection.
Publisher:	Gabriel Dumont Institute
Date:	1920s-50s
Type:	Image
Language:	English
Date of Copyright:	November 23, 2006
Coverage:	Unites States
GDI Media Filename:	SquawBrandStringlessBeans (LowRes).jpg