Photographic postcard of Booker T. Washington on horse
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1905; reprinted ca. 2008
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Pomegranate Communications, Inc., American
label: Photograph by
content: Frances B. Johnston, American, 1864 - 1952
label: Subject of
content: Booker T. Washington, American, 1856 - 1915
notes: label: Description
content: A picture postcard featuring a 1905 image of Booker T. Washington on a horse. Washington is pictured seated on a dark horse, wearing dark colored jacket, vest, pants, and boots with a lighter colored hat. The horse is pictured in profile and Washington is turned slightly towards the camera, his proper left hand holding the reins and his proper right hand at his hip. In the background are two buildings of the Tuskegee Institute, a three-story brick building to the left and a three-story white building to the right.
label: Description
content: The reverse of the postcard features a handwritten message that begins [Dear Jack & Linda] and signed [Warmly, Teresa]. It is dated [5/13/08]. At the top left corner is printed [Booker T. Washington, American black leader and educator / (1856-1915) / Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, c. 1905 / Courtesy Library of Congress / 2088 Pomegranate Communications, Inc.]. Down the center of the card, is printed [Pomegranate Box 6099 ROHNERT PARK CA 94927 PRINTED IN KOREA].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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: 2014.37.36.19
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: 4 5/16 × 6 in. (10.9 × 15.3 cm)