Postcard of Native American Arrow Makers
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Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- United States National Museum
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first opened to the public on March 17, 1910 as the new United States National Museum. The National Museum was first housed in what is now the Arts and Industries Building.
- "Real photo" postcards were first produced using the Kodak "postcard camera." The postcard camera could take a picture and then print a postcard-size negative of the picture, complete with a divided back and place for postage.
- Summary
- "Real photo" postcard of an exhibit at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, showing five Native Americans engaged in various arrow-making tasks. The front of the postcard has a white border. The postcard is unused. However, there is a penciled note on the message side: "Recd. 3/29/49- Expe. Chg.- 4.94."
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Collection T90126, Box 1, Folder: 3
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1930-1949
- Standard number
- SIA2013-07719 (front) and SIA2013-07720 (back)
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Postcard
- Photographic print
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 2; Color: Black and White; Size: 5.4w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Postcard
- Exhibitions
- Indians of North America
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13983
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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