Creepy old statue at grant's farm
Posted Sep 6, 2019, 6:28 PM UTC
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These eyes 😱
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He's ready to beat some ass
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There is the creepiest Goblin on a building in the Biergarten there. It's so out of place and fuckin weird
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He does look a little pissed off.
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Well fuck, that thing has my soul now!
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Kinda looks like he’s holding a grenade
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Paint some eyebrows on him
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When he gives you the look 😫👏🏻
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Who's Grant?
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Ulysses S. Grant. Grant’s Farm is in St. Louis County, Mo., originally owned by President Grant’s father-in-law and now owned by the Busch family (of Anheuser-Busch).
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Grant's Farm
Grant's Farm is a historic farm and long-standing landmark in Grantwood Village, Missouri, built by Ulysses S. Grant on land given to him and his wife by his father in law Frederick Fayette Dent shortly after they became married in 1848.
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It should get its thyroid checked.
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"Gon' get cut, bitch."
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....-_-....
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Why am I thinking that's one of those old racist statues and it's been painted white? edit: https://www.ebay.com/itm/antique-cast-iron-black-americana-lawn-jockey-/132832711781?nma=true&si=NHG3DrlAEZnZyvAxYhOj%252BoM3gyY%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Definitely is , the white paint looks fairly recent , my great grandfather had one exactly like this one and he was black. We threw it away after we put him in an old folks home.
What was it made of and was it in good condition? Could have been worth a bundle.
This dude appears to be made of plaster. Older lawn jockeys might be made of cast iron, but they were common enough that they’d really only be worth the weight of their materials.
Not asking about OP here but a different one FYI.
I Think it was a reproduction tbh which is slightly disturbing the fact these were so popular for so long. My family is from another country and apparently he didn’t have full grasp of what racism was yet . He bought it after buying his first home here (America)that was roughly 1949 or so.and tbh I don’t think my family cared enough about the money to keep it ,it was old tattered and cracked even if it was worth originally it would not have in its current condition.
My S.O.’s parents had one, too; it came with the house and they kept it as a joke. After they died, he and his siblings fixed up the place to sell and one of them gave the statue a fresh coat of paint — including exaggerated white eyes and red lips. Nobody noticed until we gave everything a final once-over right before a real estate agent came to give a tour. Li’l Rastus was never seen again after that…
ETA: The paint on the statue in the picture posted by the O.P. doesn’t look all that recent; it’s pretty worn. Am surprised it’s still at Grant’s Farm, but credit to the Busch family (its current owners) for not chucking it; the land was originally a plantation owned by U.S. Grant’s in-laws and its history as such shouldn’t be swept under the rug by Grant’s legacy.
Oh wow, could be!
Hah, that’s exactly what it is! When I was a kid, I desperately wanted a lawn jockey (like this), but my parents said they were “new money.” (I guess old money had real-life miniature black guys standing outside at all times.)