Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
40. ALLIGATOR BAIT
February 11, 1921
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North and Central America
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.
Color picture postcard depicting four naked Black babies sitting and standing on the shore near a body of water. Black type below image reads, [40. ALLIGATOR BAIT]. Postcard has stamp, postmark, and handwritten message on reverse side of postcard. It has been sent from Camden County, South Carolina to Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Catalog reference: 2014.312.181