Photographic postcard portrait of a woman seated in a wooden armchair

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

A sepia tone photographic postcard featuring an unidentified woman seated in a plain, wooden armchair. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The chair and the woman are turned in three-quarters pose towards the left edge of the image. She is leaning slightly forward in her chair and gripping the handle of an umbrella propped on the floor with her proper right hand. Her proper left hand is resting on top of a small striped handbag in her lap. She is wearing a white, Edwardian style suit with a double breasted jacket and long skirt. The jacket is buttoned at her waist and features wide lapels accented with matching fabric covered buttons along the left and right edges. She is also wearing a light tone, lacy blouse with a high collar beneath her jacket. There is an oval shaped brooch at the throat.

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