Photographic postcard of a WWI soldier standing at attention: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photographic postcard portrait of a World War I soldier standing at attention for a portrait. The soldier wears a uniform tunic, trousers, and puttees and stands in front of a plain studio backdrop. The back of the card is pre-printed with [POST CARD] and AZO stamp box. A handwritten inscription in black ink reads, [This Photo out of / Ashcraft Estate Jacks Creek, Tenn. / It is Sgt Haseman V. H.].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1917
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Owned by: George Milton Langellier Sr., American, 1922 - 2005
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: United States Army, American, founded 1775
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Type: photographic postcards
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with card stock and ink
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (13.8 x 8.7 cm)
• Place captured: Jacks Creek, Chester County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: World War I
• Object number: 2012.171.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, In memory of George M. Langellier, Sr.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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