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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Real photo postcard of a formerly enslaved couple, incl. a Civil War veteran.
Estimate: $400-$600
Sold
$350
Timed Auction
American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Location
Cincinnati
Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Real photo postcard of a formerly enslaved couple, incl. a Civil War veteran.
3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. real photo postcard featuring an African American couple posing with their dog on a porch. The man wears a slouch hat with enwreathed letters "GAR," indicating service in the Union Army, and he holds a violin and bow in playing position. The woman holds a pipe in her mouth. Postcard verso features penciled arithmetic and inscription reading, "Rices at Randolph / 2 slaves." Modern adhered typewritten label notes the man's hat and the meaning of its initials: Grand Army of the Republic.
Stamp box on verso dates postcard to sometime between 1904 and 1918.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition
Soiling/discoloration, wear including some surface loss and creasing to corners, spotting. Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.
Quantity
1