Photographic postcard featuring Ray Charles: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Postcard depicting a portrait of the R&B musician, Ray Charles. Charles is pictured in profile, wearing dark glasses and a dark jacket. The postcard was printed in the Netherlands.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1960s
• Printed by: Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Dutch, founded 1859
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Ray Charles, American, 1930 - 2004
• Type: portraits
• Type: photographic postcards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 × 4 in. (15.2 × 10.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Object number: 2011.57.40.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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