Photographic postcard of a young boy: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photographic postcard of a young child standing on top of a chair in the staircase of the front of a house. The back of the postcard is unused with [POST CARD] printed in black at the top with two sections horizontally divided, with [CORRESPONDANCE HERE] on the left and [NAME AND ADDRESS HERE] on the right. In the upper right corner is the stamp area, outlined with AZO in between four upright triangles in each corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1904-1918
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
• Type: photographs
• Type: portraits
• Type: photographic postcards
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.7 x 8.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2011.36.37
• 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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