- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Written by
- Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987
- Received by
- Baldwin, Berdis, American
- Date
- July 14, 1969
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- L x W: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)
- Description
- A handwritten postcard from James Baldwin to his mother, Berdis Baldwin, written while on a Pan Am flight to Istanbul. The postcard is postmarked July 14, 1969. The front of the postcard depicts "A view of Paris and the River Seine."
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place depicted
- Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- Place collected
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- postcards
- Topic
- Correspondence
- Literature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Baldwin Family
- Object number
- 2011.99.50
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




