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- Portrait of Booker T. Washington, 1906 -
- 1906
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Booker T. Washington, 1906
- Postcard, "A Literary Cat," 1909 - 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.
- 1909
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "A Literary Cat," 1909
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.
- Valentine Postcard, "To My Sweetheart," 1907 - The custom of sending messages of affection on February 14 dates back to Roman times, when mid-February was a time to meet and court prospective mates. The earliest American valentines were labors of love, handmade by the sender. The spread of commercially produced valentines in the second half of the nineteenth century made sending and receiving Valentine's Day cards a more lighthearted activity.
- February 13, 1907
- Collections - Artifact
Valentine Postcard, "To My Sweetheart," 1907
The custom of sending messages of affection on February 14 dates back to Roman times, when mid-February was a time to meet and court prospective mates. The earliest American valentines were labors of love, handmade by the sender. The spread of commercially produced valentines in the second half of the nineteenth century made sending and receiving Valentine's Day cards a more lighthearted activity.
- Postcard, "The Market, Savannah, Georgia," 1904-1909 -
- 1904-1909
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "The Market, Savannah, Georgia," 1904-1909