Photographic postcard of Ella Jonhston: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Photographic postcard of Ella Johnston. Johnston is featured in profile and faces the left of the image. She is wearing a light colored dress and has her hair up in a bun at her neck. Below the photograph is an imprint of the photography studio. The back of the photographic postcard is unused. There is preprinted text that reads: [Post Card / Correspondence / Address]. An inscription identifies the subject of the portrait.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1910
• Photograph by: Silver Roller Studio
• Subject of: Ella Johnston, American
• Type: portraits
• Type: photographic postcards
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 5 7/16 × 3 7/16 in. (13.8 × 8.7 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2019.18.9
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Greer-Calmeise Family of Cincinnati, Ohio
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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