Little Girl Holding a Cat, "Good Morning!," 1907

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Artifact Overview

Depictions of cats and kittens often appeared in art and folk art in the United States. Inexpensive lithograph prints made in the mid-19th century helped to make this topic popular. Starting in the late 1890s picture postcards included these types of popular illustrations of cats. Sending colorful postcards through the U.S. mail continued to be widespread well into the 1910s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic postcard

Date Made

1907

Creator Notes

Photographed by Robert McCrum, published by Bamforth Publishers, New York, New York.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2013.45.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Sepia (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 5.375 in
Width: 3.375 in

Inscriptions

Text lower center border in silver: GOOD MORNING! Text on lower right corner of image: Copyright 1905 / By Robert McCrum
Little Girl Holding a Cat, "Good Morning!," 1907