Postcard, Gimme a Light

CHSA-04841A (front)

CHSA-04841A (front)

Name/Title

Postcard, Gimme a Light

Entry/Object ID

CHSA-04841A

Scope and Content

CHSA-04841 A-B. Color. Photo. Children: A: 2 Chinese boys with a queue is wearing traditional clothing, one in a black hat with a blue shirt and pink pants, the other in a orange hat with purple shirt, they are outside and smoking a cigarette. A: Front: Caption: "7342. Gimme a Light."; "Detroit Photographic Co., Publishers." Message: "Oakland Cal. 3/18/07 will write you soon am also sending a picture. Hope you like it we see lots of the little Chinks here Daddy.", handwritten in blue. Back: Postmark: "Oakland, Cal. Mar 19 1907, 1 - PM" stamped in black. Stamp: a one cent green stamp with a picture of Benjamin Franklin, "Serie 1902, United States of America, 1706 Franklin 1790, Postage one cent". Message: "Miss Julia Johnson. 507 Locust St. Anaconda, Mont." handwritten in blue. Old Accession #: DEX

Dimensions

Width

3-1/4 in