Advertisement card for Rev. F. M. J. Mashaw: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An advertising card for Rev. F. M. J. Mashaw of the C. M. E. Church. The card has a black-and-white photograph of Mashaw at the center. He wears a dark jacket and bowtie with a white shirt that has a standing collar. His name and church affiliation are printed below the photograph in black ink. The name E. E. Scott is handwritten on the reverse.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1910
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Rev. F. M. J. Mashaw
• Type: advertising cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (16.2 × 12.1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Christian Methodist Episcopal
• Topic: Methodist
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: The Black Church
• Object number: 2014.63.102.28
• 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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