Photographic postcards of Ezel Adams and Johnell Perkins
date: label: Date
content: 1924-1949
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Ezel Adams
label: Subject of
content: Johnell Perkins, American, born 1905
notes: label: Description
content: Two sepia toned photographs of Ezel Adams (2014.37.36.4a) and Johnell Perkins (2014.37.36.4b) mounted in a double-sided gray paper photo frame (2014.37.36.4c).
label: Description
content: 2014.37.36.4a: A sepia toned photograph of Ezel Adams, taken in Marshall, Texas, September 1922. The image is in a portrait orientation. Adams is depicted seated, from the waist up, facing the viewer. He has a serious expression on his face. He is wearing a light-toned suit and a white shirt with a round collar. He is also wearing a straw boater hat with a dark band around the brim. Behind him is an exterior window and the wall of a clapboard house. The image has a white border. The reverse has a landscape orientation with black ink text [POST CARD] written in outlined letters across the top. Below are sections for [CORRESPONDENCE] on the left, and [ADDRESS] on the right. At the top right is an AZO stamp box. The postcard is blank.
label: Description
content: 2014.37.36.4b: A sepia toned photograph of Johnell Perkins, taken in Elysian Fields, Texas, September 1927. The postcard depicts Perkins, in a field, seated on a light colored horse. Perkins and the horse are in three quarters profile at the center of the postcard. Perkins wears a light-toned, short sleeved, button down shirt, light-toned trousers, and a wide brimmed hat, tipped slightly to one side. His feet rest inside the saddle stirrups and he holds the reins to his chest with his proper right hand. His proper left hand rests on the saddle. In the left foreground, wooden beams and logs rest on the ground. The field is covered with brush and in the background is a line of trees. The image has a white border. The reverse has a landscape orientation with black ink text [POST CARD] written in outlined letters across the top. Below are sections for [CORRESPONDENCE] on the left, and [ADDRESS] on the right. At the top right is an AZO stamp box. The postcard is blank.
label: Description
content: 2014.37.36.4c: A gray paper photo frame. The frame is constructed from two pieces of heavy cardstock attached together to form a pocket holder. There are windows on each side of the pocket that display two photographic postcards (2014.37.36.4ab). The rectangular windows are framed by two thin blue lines. The front of the frame has black handwritten text that identifies the subject of 2014.37.36.4a that reads [Mr. Ezel Adams / Marshall Tex. / Sept 1922]. In the top right corner is the price, [40- / (see over), in pencil. The back of the frame has black handwritten text that identifies the subject of 2014.37.36.4b that reads [Mr. Johnell Perkins / Elysian Fields Tex. / Sept 1927.].
place: label: Place captured
content: Elysian Fields, Harrison County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.37.36.4abc
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on paper (fiber product) with adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2014.37.36.4a): 4 13/16 × 3 7/16 in. (12.2 × 8.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2014.37.36.4b): 3 7/16 × 5 in. (8.7 × 12.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2014.37.36.4c): 6 13/16 × 5 5/8 × 1/16 in. (17.3 × 14.3 × 0.1 cm)