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Measurements:
overall: 3 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.5725 cm x 13.97 cm
Object Name:
picture postcard
photographic postcard
Description:
This is a black and white real photo postcard (photographic postcard) that has been addressed and mailed. The image depicts a white dog with dark ears and markings on the face, possibly a Jack Russell terrier, standing behind a crate that holds a folding camera. A smaller, darker dog, possibly a dauchshund, is sitting on a chair in front of the camera.
Text in the upper left of the front of the postcard reads: Look Pleasant Please.
The back of the postcard contains a postmark indicating that it was mailed from Lowry, Virginia on the morning of May 29, 1907. A postage cancellation mark is running across a green Franklin one cent postage stamp. The postcard is addressed to Miss Lena Judd in Bedford City, Virginia.
Maker The Rotograph CO.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Animals  Search this
Dogs  Search this
Mail  Search this
Credit Line:
Wayne Hill Photographica Collection
ID Number:
2016.0066.092
Accession number:
2016.0066
Catalog number:
2016.0066.0092
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-cffc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1806667