Photographic postcard of a woman named Ida Cox: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white real photograph postcard of a woman identified as Ida Cox. This is a full-length photograph of Cox, who is standing and looking straight towards the camera. Cox is wearing a brimmed hat trimmed with plumed, dark-colored feathers, a dark, 2-button overcoat with fur collar and cuffs, a dark-colored blouse or dress, and light-colored shoes. She is wearing light-colored gloves, and is holding a light-colored knitted purse in her right hand. Cox stands in front of a building with wood siding that has stone foundation pillars and a wooden porch. On the porch is a wooden rocking chair. On the verso is standard printed language indicating that this is a printed post card, along with a handwritten inscription reading [Ida Cox].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1904-1918
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Type: photographs
• Type: portraits
• Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (13.7 × 8.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Blues (Music)
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Vaudeville
• Object number: 2014.75.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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