Photographic postcard of a man in front of a house: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photographic postcard of a man in a suit and tie standing in front of a house. He holds a hat in his right hand and a book in his left. The house has a front porch and is lifted on bricks. A chair is on the porch, off to the right. The back of the postcard is unused with [POST CARD] printed in black at the top and two blank spaces separated by a vertical black line in the middle. With [CORESPONDENCE] on the left and [NAME AND ADDRESS] on the right. In the upper right corner is a [CYKO] stamp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1904-1929
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Type: photographs
• Type: photographic postcards
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Domestic life
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2011.36.67
• 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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