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Photographic postcard of unidentified child

1917-1930

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A photographic postcard of an unidentified child. The child is featured facing the camera and sitting in a wooden chair. The chair is turned sideways, with the seat facing the left of the image. The child is posed sitting towards the arm of the chair. The child's hands rest on the chair's arm and the child's legs are pulled through the opening between the chair's arm and the chair's seat. The child is wearing a light colored gown, stockings, and dark shoes. The back of the photographic postcard is unused and has [POST CARD] printed in black at the top and blank spaces for [CORRESPONDENCE] and [ADDRESS]. In the upper right corner there is a [AZO] stamp.

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Catalog reference: 2013.46.29.117

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