Postcard of the Vittoriano and Colosseum in Rome owned by Dick Howard
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Owned by
content: Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967
label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A color picture postcard featuring an aerial view of part of the city of Rome, Italy on the front. The view looks southeast with a number of notable Roman landmarks visible. The most prominent landmark is the Vittoriano, a large, white colonnaded structure in the foreground at the lower right quadrant of the postcard. The photo looks down the Via dei Fori Imperiali to the Colosseum, which appears in the upper left quadrant of the card. Also visible are the Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano Church, Palazzo Valentini, and Trajan's Column (lower left), Capitoline Hill and the Roman Forum (behind the Vittoriano). The image is filled with the cityscape of Rome. The image is bordered in a narrow white edge.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Rome, Roma, Italy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.140.6.5
objectType: label: Type
content: picture postcards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 1/4 x 6 in. (10.8 x 15.2 cm)