Postcard of Ruby, a Pullman maid, with a young girl
date: label: Date
content: 1904-1918
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Signed by
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A postcard with a black and white image of a woman, identified on the back as "Ruby," wearing a Pullman maid’s uniform and posing with a young girl. Ruby is pictured seated on a chair. She has her right arm on the armrest and her left hand is by her chin. The young girl is standing to her left and has her right arm resting on the chair. Handwritten text on the back of the postcard reads “Ruby VA / Pullman Maid.”
place: label: Place captured
content: Ruby, Stafford County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Transportation
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.63.63.29
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: 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: paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 7/16 × 3 7/16 in. (13.8 × 8.7 cm)