Basket Weavers at Work; Basketmakers

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of a Black woman and a Black man weaving large baskets outside among a yard of tree limbs and weaving materials. The woman is standing with her hand resting on her completed basket while the man is seated behind the basket he is working on weaving. The back of the card is addressed to Dr. D. K. Cason in Nacogdoches, Texas. The card is postmarked West Point, Mississippi, June 21, 1909 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription on the left side reads "Dear Papa, Minnie and Happy are coming today. I am having a nice time. Emily"

Subjects

Postcards; Basket weavers

Keywords

basket weaving; African American crafts; basket weavers

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909-06-21_Postcard-Basket-Weaving-African-Americana_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, African-Americana

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Basket Weavers at Work; Basketmakers, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University