Photographic postcard of four unidentified men: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic postcard of four unidentified men: Date: 1906-1915. Photograph by: Unidentified. Printed by: Ansco, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A photographic postcard of an oval shaped picture of four unidentified men posed in front of a door. Two of the men are seated, while the two other man stand behind them. All of the men are wearing suits and different styles of hats. The man standing on the right side of the group is smoking a cigarette. The back of the postcard is unused and has a CYKO postage stamp and [POST CARD] in black ink. The back also has a handwritten inscription of a number on the left side.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1906-1915
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Printed by: Ansco, American
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Owned by: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987
- Type: portraits
- Type: photographic postcards
- Medium: silver chloride and photographic gelatin on photographic paper ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 3 × 4 1/16 in. (7.6 × 10.3 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W: 3 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (8.7 × 14 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2013.46.29.91
- 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.
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