Untitled
c. 1910
A small gelatin-silver postcard photograph from around 1910 presenting paired frontal and profile views of a Black man, made to record his likeness and public presence in a single image.
The arresting contrast between his direct, calm stare in the frontal view and the composed profile beside it, framed by a neat suit and bowler, gives the picture an intimate yet official air rendered in warm sepia tones.
Images like this show how early twentieth‑century photography made personal identity portable and visible—serving as both personal portraiture and documentary record that helped shape how Black Americans could be seen and remembered.
Medium
Gelatin silver print (postcard)
Dimensions
3 3/8 × 5 3/8" (8.6 × 13.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Peter J. Cohen
Accession
546.2019
Palette
Art Terms
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