Postcard with color image of men scraping rosin gum trees: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A postcard with a painted color image of four (4) men and one (1) boy dipping and scraping rosin gum from trees. Each individual is wearing a long sleeve white shirt with brown pants and a hat. The man in the very back is on a horse watching the other men. The young boy is sitting in the grass and bushes in the bottom right corner of the postcard front. Text printed in white in the bottom right corner reads: "DIPPING AND SCRAPING ROSIN GUM FOR TURPENTINE / STILL IN FLORIDA". The reverse has green printed text and a green line down the middle dividing the personal message and address areas. The text printed at top center reads: "POST CARD / MESSAGE MAY BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE. ADDRESS ONLY ON THIS SIDE." A green square outline is printed at the top right corner with text inside reading: "Place the Stamp here / ONE CENT / For United States / and Island Possessions / Cuba, Canada and / Mexico. / TWO CENTS / For Foreign."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1900-1950
• Created by: Unidentified
• Type: postcards
• Medium: ink on cardboard
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 3/8 × 5 3/8 × 1/16 in. (8.6 × 13.7 × 0.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Agriculture
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Labor
• Object number: 2014.58.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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