Photographic postcard of Mr. Robinson: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Photographic postcard of a man identified as Mr. Robinson. Robinson is pictured holding a hat and leaning on a small column. The back of the postcard is unused, but has a pencil inscription identifying the subject and location of the photograph: [Colper (illegible) Robinson / Richmond, Va]. The back of the photographic postcard is unused and has [POST CARD] printed in black at the top and blank spaces for [CORRESPONDENCE] and [ADDRESS]. In the upper right corner there is a [AZO] stamp. The back also has a handwritten inscription in pencil identifying the subject of the photograph.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1918-1930
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Printed by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Owned by: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987
• Type: portraits
• Type: photographic postcards
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 5 1/8 × 3 1/16 in. (13 × 7.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 5 7/16 × 3 7/16 in. (13.8 × 8.7 cm)
• Place depicted: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2013.46.29.87
• 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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