Picturesque America Series No. 922: Slave Huts at Hermitage, Savannah, Ga.: Museum Object and Cultural History
Picturesque America Series No. 922: Slave Huts at Hermitage, Savannah, Ga.: Date: Jul 21, 1914. Published by: Taylor, Platt & Co., 1906 - 1916. Type: picture postcards.
The object in the museum catalogue
Color picture postcard depicting five (5) dwellings in a row. Dwellings are white with a green roof. Black type along bottom of postcard's image reads, [SLAVE HUTS AT HERMITAGE, SAVANNAH, GA.]. Postcard has stamp, postmark, and handwritten message on reverse side.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: Jul 21, 1914
- Published by: Taylor, Platt & Co., 1906 - 1916
- 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)
- Place depicted: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Staunton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Domestic life
- Topic: Rural life
- Topic: Slavery
- Object number: 2014.312.183
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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