Photographic postcard of a woman: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A photographic postcard of a woman. The woman is featured standing next to a chair. The chair is to her left and she is resting her left hand, which has a band on her ring finger, on the arm of the chair. The woman is wearing a light shirt and a long dark skirt. Her hair is pulled up in a bun that sits on the top of her head. 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: 5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (13.7 × 8.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2013.46.29.81
• 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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