Postcard of a shrimp peddler
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Postcard of a shrimp peddler

Bayard Wootten, American, 1876 - 1959 · early 20th century

ink on paper
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Postcard with a black and white photograph of a man pushing a three wheeled cart. The man stands in the right third of the image and his cart is in the left two-thirds. He stands on a street corner near a house with a large porch. At his feet, in front of the rear wheel nearest the viewer, is a cat. Below the image in the lower left corner is black text "Shrimp Peddler, Charleston, South Carolina". The back of the postcard is divided into two portions. Down the center of the back is a vertical line of black text "'Natural-Finish' Card -- Advertising Service Agency, Charleston, S.C."

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