Postcard, L. M. Folk and Family

Postcard

Accession Number: 2001.171

Scope & Content: Black & white photo of a man who is blind, his wife, and three children. The man, wearing dark eyeglasses and a suit with tie and vest, is seated next to his wife. She is wearing a long dark skirt with a long-sleeve fitted jacket and an elegant lace-trimmed bonnet. A toddler-aged boy is sitting on the man's left knee. Another young boy is sitting in front of the father. An adolescent girl is standing in the back center. Her hair is worn down, in ringlets. She is wearing a plaid ribbon headband that ends in large bows on either side of her head. The clothes may date the picture to the late 1890s. "L. M. Folk and Family, Worthy of Your Patronage" is printed at bottom center in the margin. The back of the postcard is divided and unused.

Manufacture Date: n.d.

Creator: unknown

Interview Date: / /

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2001.171

Publish Date: n.d.

Subjects: Blind Patronage