Photographic postcard with image of a small child: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A photographic postcard of an unidentified small child. The child is sitting on a chair and wearing a hat that says [America] on the band. The back of the postcard is unused and has markings for the correspondence, address, and an AZO stamp box.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1918-1930
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Printed by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889
• Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
• 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: 4 9/16 × 3 1/8 in. (11.6 × 7.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2013.46.29.13
• 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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