Photographic postcard of a woman: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A photographic postcard of a woman in dark hat, jacket, and skirt. She is featured facing the camera, standing next to a chair decorated in ornate carvings. Her right arm is placed on the back of the chair and her left arm is at her left side. 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: 1918-1930
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Printed by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• 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): 4 5/8 × 3 1/16 in. (11.7 × 7.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 4 13/16 × 3 7/16 in. (12.2 × 8.7 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2013.46.29.80
• 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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