Open Air Market Scene (Franklin Street, East from 17th Street), Richmond, Va.
01
Artifact Overview
These farmer entrepreneurs sold melons at the Richmond, Virginia, market on 17th and Franklin streets. They used horse-drawn carts to transport their goods from farm to city even as others adopted the automobile. Racist language on the back of this postcard, however, blinded viewers to the superhuman efforts required to sustain crops as well as family and human dignity during the era of Jim Crow.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Postcard
Subject Date
19 April 1921
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2020.19.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Pencil (Marking material)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Handwriting
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
Inscriptions
back, right: 39747--Pub. by Southern Bargain House, Richmond, Va. All rights reserved.
back, top right: BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORICAL RICHMOND, VA. SERIES. / NO 101, OPEN AIR MARKET SCENE. / Franklin St., East from 17th St. / The music of a band and the "meat" of a water-melon / are irresistibly attractive to the average Virginia "darky;" / hence his predominance in this view. From the surrounding / country-site the produce of truckers and hucksters is hauled / to the city, usually in small two-wheel canvas covered carts, / and the disposal thereof for sale, in the streets adjacent to the / public markets, presents an interesting and characteristic / scene.
Keywords |
|---|