Envelope addressed to Arthur M. Townsend: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An envelope from NewsFlash in Chicago, Illinois addressed to Arthur M. Townsend at 412 4th Ave. N., Nashville, Tennessee. Townsend’s address is handwritten in ink. Next to the address, [Personal] was handwritten and underlined twice.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1934
• Created by: Newsflash Inc., American, founded 1934
• Subject of: Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
• Type: envelopes
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (9.8 x 22.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Correspondence
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2011.36.69
• 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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