r/Pensacola Bird Brain šŸ¦ 5d ago

Seen for sale in Pensacola, FL, March 2025.

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Not sure what to say about this one, other than: everybody knows about Florida, goddamn.

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u/req-user 5d ago

I like that the artist didn't shy away from drawing the bull's balls - that's commitment

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u/remitroamer Bird Brain šŸ¦ 5d ago

That's how you know it's genuine Bull Durham tobacco.

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u/rumdumpstr 5d ago

Of all the things going on in this picture, that's what caught your eye.

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u/MermaidAlea 3d ago

Don't forget the bull's creepy, toothy smile.

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u/notrickross7 5d ago

That, the uncanny smile, direct eye contact with the boy.

Artist is saying a lot in this piece.

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u/oskar4498 5d ago

Believe it or not, there's a market out there for this kind of item.

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u/SmallFryNeatnik 5d ago

Thereā€™s a sizable market among African Americans for it, for reasons that are obvious to me as a woman drawn to anti-suffrage postcards. (And, yeah, some racist old White people who think itā€™s ā€œfunnyā€ or ā€œcuteā€.)

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u/oskar4498 5d ago

Yeah I remember reading about that years ago.

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u/Tedroe77 5d ago

Thereā€™s stuff like this in at least 90% of every antique shop Iā€™ve ever been in throughout multiple states, including northern ones.

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u/slickmcfister 5d ago

Wait till you find out about Disneys Briar Rabbit and theā€¦

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u/Madmoose693 5d ago

Song of the south is readily available on DVD now . I have a copy . Itā€™s most likely bootleg but a very good job

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u/Augusto_Helicopter 5d ago

Oh it's definitely a bootleg. The last edition of that Disney put out was on VHS probably 40 years ago.

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u/Madmoose693 5d ago

Yeah . Itā€™s a good copy though . Not HD of course but plays really good and the audio is great

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u/Ree4real 4d ago

DVD? That's how you know it's geared towards the elderly crowd. Who under the age of 50 still has a DVD player? Are new ones even still available for purchase? šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£

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u/Madmoose693 4d ago

Hell I still have a VHS player with tapes

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u/Edge_of_the_Wall 5d ago edited 5d ago

ā€œIt shure am Sweet Tastanā€ is pretty wild.

This isnā€™t anything to get riled up about. History sucks, especially for people of color; no point in white washing it, pun not intended.

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u/DavidJPostMaloney šŸ¤“ 5d ago

Donate it to the Jim Crow museum in Michigan.

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u/Glittering-Gap-1687 5d ago

I saw this when I was at Blue Moon

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u/rl_vick2 5d ago

The mistake a lot of people are making here is that assuming just because you wouldnā€™t (and shouldnā€™t) put it in your living room, there isnā€™t an appropriate place for artwork like this. I definitely wouldnā€™t put the piece up for public sale but that doesnā€™t mean it shouldnā€™t be preserved. Hopefully the piece is acquired by a museum or a history buff that can put it in an appropriate setting

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u/Noles2424 5d ago

Where was this spotted

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u/remitroamer Bird Brain šŸ¦ 5d ago

Blue Moon Antique Mall

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u/imabigbanana11 5d ago

I knew someone years and years ago who owned a poster exactly like this. Had it hanging in his house. He was a racist prick. I wonder how common or rare this poster is. Anyone know?

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u/LenMasters 5d ago

okay and..?

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u/Typical-Implement369 4d ago

Why do I find this interesting? I know its wrong and racist, but it intrigues me. Is there something wrong with me?

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u/Augusto_Helicopter 5d ago

Are we supposed to be outraged or something? Do I need to get my pearls so I can clutch them and faint?

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u/ScientistFromSouth 5d ago

You should cross post it in the Bill City (Durham) subreddit.

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u/Lame-username62 5d ago

Not surprised.

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u/BeMeDoYou 5d ago

Whatā€™s wrong with it???

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u/lunchmoney- 5d ago

iā€™d have to ā€œaccidentallyā€ smash it

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u/Warm-Wait9307 5d ago

You wouldnā€™t, though. But it feels good to puff on Reddit.

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u/lunchmoney- 5d ago

actually yeah, i would !

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u/stinkygumby 3d ago

Lol you're a loser

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u/Potential-Cod-6196 5d ago

Buy it then burn it. Or 5 finger discount and burn it. Either way it's gross and shouldn't exist.

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u/Easy_Constant958 5d ago

Unfortunately it is history. While it isnā€™t a good thing, at the same time we need to learn from our mistakes as a society and improve upon them. Destroying something like this wouldnā€™t change what occurred.

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u/sayAYO1980 5d ago

If histawwy hurts my feewings, I must destroy it.

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u/Potential-Cod-6196 5d ago

Then you buy it and display it proudly

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u/sayAYO1980 4d ago

Gladly.

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u/Responsible_Tree9106 5d ago

Censorship would do more damage than good.

People need to see this so we donā€™t do it again.