The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A vertically oriented, black-and-white photograph features a woman with medium-dark skin tone in cowboy attire posing before a snack display. Wearing a dark hat, light shirt, and holster, she rests one boot on a metal tin while smiling toward us. Behind her, bold block lettering for "DAN DEE" snacks is set against crinkled metallic foil featuring a white steer skull. Shelves packed with bags of snacks border the scene's left edge.

Untitled (Woman with Dan Dee Display)

c. 1960s

Jimmy Baynes

(American, 1922–2010)
America
gelatin silver print
Paper: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Jo Hershey Selden Fund 2023.190
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Western-themed television shows and movies were incredibly popular in the 1950s.

Description

In the promotion pictured, Dan Dee Pretzel & Potato Chip Co. used a cowboy theme to sell their snacks. Founded in Pennsylvania but located in Cleveland starting in 1916, this family-run business was a major brand in Ohio, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and New York until its demise in 2018. Their use of a Black model and photographer for this promotional image suggests that they targeted some advertising toward the Black community.
  • ?–2023
    (The Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    December 4, 2023–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.190