Photographic postcard to Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend from Emma Azalia Hackley
date: label: Date
content: November 4, 1915
name: label: Photograph by
content: P. L. Huckins, American
label: Written by
content: Emma Azalia Hackley, 1867 - 1922
label: Received by
content: Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
label: Subject of
content: Normal Vocal Institute, American, 1914 - 1917
label: Subject of
content: Willa Ann Hadley Townsend, American, 1880 - 1947
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photographic postcard of the Normal Vocal Institute in Chicago, IL. The photograph captures the building where the institution was housed, with an entrance up the stairs on the left and right side. There is a tree in front of the entrance on the left. Printed at the top of the photograph [NORMAL VOCAL INSTITUTE / 3019 CALUMET AV. CHICAGO]. The back of the postcard is used with [POST CARD] printed in black at the top with two sections horizontally divided, with [CORRESPONDANCE HERE] on the left and [ADDRESS HERE] on the right. Along the left edge is information on the photography studio. The handwritten message was written by Emma Azalia Hackley to Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend about the school and seeing Mrs. Willa Ann Hadley.
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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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: 2011.36.60
objectType: label: Type
content: photographic 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: 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (13.7 x 8.9 cm)