Postcard

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2024.1.269

Description

Black-and-White photograph postcard of a float in a Winter Carnival parade. Several people are standing on the float, which features a throne of sorts. There is a woman in a tiara and fur cape seated on the throne. The float is pulled by a team of horses. There is a handwritten "x" above one of the people on the float, and "1917" is written in the bottom left corner. No photographer's mark. Used, divided back, white border, not postmarked. Handwritten note across reverse reads, "This is the queen of the carnival float. Me with the X over my head."

Collection

Ann Pecora Diamond Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Winter carnivals, Parades & processions, Floats (Parades), Sleighs, Horses, Queens

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Photograph (1900-Present)

Date Published

1917

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in