Photographic postcard of man in a western wear with steamboat backdrop
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photographic postcard of man in a western wear with steamboat backdrop

Unidentified · 1912-1918

ink on paper (fiber product)
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A sepia toned photographic postcard of man in a western wear standing in front of a steamboat bow photography backdrop. The image is in a portrait orientation. The man is depicted in full length, standing right of center, facing the viewer. He is wearing western wear, including wooly chaps, a wide belt with a gun holster, a light-toned long sleeved shirt, kerchief, and a wide brimmed hat. He wears a serious expression on his face. His proper left arm is resting at his side and is proper right hand is wrapped around a flagpole at the center of the boat prop’s handrail. The man is standing on the deck of a steamboat prop. Painted on the backdrop is the ship’s bridge surrounded by a handrail, a ship’s wheel visible in the view screen, a ladder leading up to the bridge, a horn, and two steam stacks. The man stands next to a nautical rope handrail with a metal frame. At the center of the metal frame is the flagpole that the man is holds with his proper right hand. The flag at the top is white with eleven stars. The reverse is white with black ink text. It is in a landscape orientation. The text [POST CARD] is written in outlined letters across the top. Below are sections for [CORRESPONDENCE HERE] on the left, and [NAME AND ADDRESS HERE] on the right divided by a short vertical line down the center. At the top right is an AZO stamp box. Vertical text printed on the left center edge of the postcard reads [AUDITORIUM STUDIO / ODD FELLOWS BLDG., / 190 AUBURN AVE., / ATLANTA, GA.]. The postcard is blank.

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