VIRGINIA OX TEAM.-(130): Museum Object and Cultural History
VIRGINIA OX TEAM.-(130): Date: early 20th century. Printed by: J. P. Bell Company, founded 1859. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color picture postcard depicting a man driving a wooden wagon being pulled by a team of four oxen. The man wears a hat and a jacket. The oxen, cart, and man are stopped on the side of the road in front of a brick building. Black type below image reads, [VIRGINIA OX TEAM.-(130)].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: early 20th century
- Printed by: J. P. Bell Company, founded 1859
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Type: picture postcards
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (8.9 × 14 cm)
- Place depicted: Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Labor
- Object number: 2014.312.186
- 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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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 underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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