Photographic postcard of five men on horseback: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A sepia toned photographic postcard of five men on horseback. The image is in a landscape orientation in the top left corner. It takes up a little less than half of the front of the postcard. The rest of the postcard is white. The images depicts a group of five men seated on horses in a grassy field. They are all wearing white collared shirts, dark trousers, and medium-toned brimmed hats. Three men are seated on their own horses and the two at the center of the image are sharing a horse. In the background is a line of trees. The reverse is white with black ink text. The text [POST CARD] is written in outlined letters across the top. Below are sections for [CORRESPONDENCE HERE] on the left, and [NAME AND ADDRESS HERE] on the right divided by a short vertical line down the center. At the top right is an AZO stamp box. The postcard is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1904-1918
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Type: picture postcards
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 7/16 × 5 7/16 in. (8.7 × 13.8 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2014.37.36.11
• 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: Public domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.