Photographic postcard of a man: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A photographic postcard of a man wearing a suit. He is posed in front of a backdrop, standing next to a tall thin table holding a vase full of flowers. His left hand rests on the table. He has a pocket square in the suit jacket breast pocket. Under the jacket, he is wearing a collared shirt and tie, with a printed fabric lining the edges of the jacket opening. The back of the photographic postcard is unused and has [POST CARD] printed in black at the top and blank spaces for [CORRESPONDENCE] and [ADDRESS]. In the upper right corner there is a [AZO] stamp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1926-1940s
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Printed by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Owned by: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987
• Type: portraits
• Type: photographic postcards
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on paper, ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 5 × 3 1/16 in. (12.7 × 7.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 5 7/16 × 3 7/16 in. (13.8 × 8.7 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2013.46.29.84
• 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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