Published by
Adolph Selige Publishing Company, American, 1900 - 1920
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Photograph by
Unidentified
Date
1907
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Description
Tinted postcard of a black and white photograph of a man holding up a goose for a woman.The man stands on the left side and in his right arm is a basket full of produce. He holds the goose in his left hand. He stands with his left foot on a stair step. The woman stands on the right side holding up her hands. She stands in the doorway of a wood structure. In the upper left corner is red text with handwritten text below "A GOOD TIME / COMING / McComb." The back of the postcard is divided into two halves with green printing throughout. On the left side is a line of vertical text in green text "5659 Adolph Selige, Pub. Co. St. Louis-Leipzig. Printed in Germany." On the left half of the back is hand-written text in black ink "March + I will / tackle the / native black / bass tomorrow. will you eat / with us? / Pop." On the right side is space for the address hand written in black ink [Edward H. Mitchell/Washington University/St. Louis/Mo.]. In the upper right corner is a green one cent stamp with an image of Benjamin Franklin. The stamp is cancelled with a black inked stamp "McCOMB / SEP / [illegible] / 1907 / MISS."
Place made
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
Place printed
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, Europe
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Type
postcards
Topic
Cooking and dining
Foodways
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2015.37.4
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53b54d33b-6fdc-4a22-b3ec-acab95b5d1b8

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