Photographic postcard of a WWI soldier
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1918
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: A photographic postcard portrait depicting a soldier in a World War I uniform tunic, overseas hat, and puttees. Shown from the knees up, the man is standing facing the camera. There is a potted plant in the foreground and a flat backdrop with the image of a palm tree on it. On the reverse of the photograph has printed text across the top that reads [POST CARD]. Below it is divided into two sections by a vertical line. The top of one section is text that reads "Correspondence Here" and over the other section is text that reads "Name and Address." There is a partially legible handwritten inscription reading [Florence ...]
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Virginia Smyly on behalf of the descendants of David and Mary Stonestreet
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.63.8
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with card stock and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 3/4 × 3 3/8 in. (12 × 8.5 cm)