Photographic postcard of man in a western wear with steamboat backdrop
date: label: Date
content: 1912-1918
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Photograph by
content: Auditorium Photography Studio, American, founded 1912
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place captured
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
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: 2014.37.36.12
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: picture postcards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 7/16 × 3 7/16 in. (13.8 × 8.8 cm)