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was the name of a popular radio program which was broadcast nationally in the US in the 1920s. Starring Harvey
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The Gold Dust Twins, 'Goldie' and 'Dustie', were the 'faces' of the
Fairbank's Gold Dust washing powder product lines. The original (circa 1892) version of the twins was a drawing of two young black children cheerfully cleaning up together in a washtub. On the original containers, they are simply
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pair of caricature, bald, black children of unspecified gender shown wearing tutus that sported the words "Gold" and "Dust" on them. On product containers and in advertisements, they were often comically depicted, along with a huge stack of dishes in a washtub, with one twin cleaning, the other
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products, appeared in printed media as early as 1892. "Goldie" and "Dusty", the original Gold Dust Twins, were often shown doing household chores together. In general use since the early 1900s, the term has had
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The products (along with Goldie and Dustie) were phased out by the mid-1950s, as national sensibilities regarding race and racial stereotypes embodied in the Twins characters began to change.
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pictured standing side-by-side over the "Gold Dust
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following a 1903 national marketing campaign, which featured the slogan "Let the Twins Do Your Work." They became an easily recognizable
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