Name/Title
Caricature PostcardEntry/Object ID
1986.035.020Description
The front of the postcard includes an illustration of a caricature of a black man roller skating outside; in the top left-hand corner is black print that says: "Sam Jonnsing roller skating went / All dressed up nice and fine; / He fell upon his razor blade / And cut half through his spine."; in the lower right-hand corner, vertically: "SER.695". Circa 1910.
Everything printed on the back of the postcard is in brown: at the top: "Post card Postkarte Carte postale / Cartolina Postale - Levelezö Lap - Dopisnice - Brefkort / Briefkaart - Brevkort - [post card in Russian] / Tarjeta postal - [obscured word] / Union postale Unive[rest of the word can't be seen]"; down the left side, vertically: "Printed in Germany.". Green and white one cent postage stamp is in the upper right-hand corner. Black stamp with information about when and where this postcard was sent is mostly faded: "Aug 9 / 7 AM". Handwritten note: "Skating [can't make out this word] violet was not here but heard afterwards(?) it was(?) you [unsure what word this is]". Handwriting on the address lines: "Mr. Durdo(?) Burns / geuy (?) gel (?) / R R no 3".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Bill Ludascher