Photographic postcard of a church congregation: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photographic postcard of men, women, and children gathered in front of a church. The back of the postcard is unused with [POST CARD] printed in black at the top with two sections horizontally divided, with [CORRESPONDANCE HERE] on the left and [NAME AND ADDRESS HERE] on the right. In the upper right corner is the stamp area, outlined with AZO in between four upright triangles in each corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1904-1918
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Type: portraits
• Type: photographic postcards
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in. (8.7 x 13.8 cm)
• Place collected: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: The Black Church
• Object number: 2011.36.35
• 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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