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TWELVE UNIQUE POSTCARDS OF TYPES OF SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM LIFE

TWELVE UNIQUE POSTCARDS OF TYPES OF SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM LIFE

(1851–1963)
Medium/TechniqueCollotype on card stock
DimensionsOverall: 14.8 x 8.5 x 0.5 cm (5 13/16 x 3 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2012.5883
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPostcards
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2012, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012)
Ricksha Boys, S.A.
Ricksha Boys, S.A.
Valentine & Sons (South Africa)
NATIVE CHIEF (EXTREME RIGHT), AND FAMILY.
NATIVE CHIEF (EXTREME RIGHT), AND FAMILY.
Valentine & Sons (South Africa)
ZULU WOMEN "HAIRDRESSING" S.A.
ZULU WOMEN "HAIRDRESSING" S.A.
Valentine & Sons (South Africa)
ZULU BOY AND JINRICKSHA
ZULU BOY AND JINRICKSHA
Valentine & Sons (South Africa)
RICKSHA BOY
RICKSHA BOY
Valentine & Sons (South Africa)
RICKSHA
RICKSHA
Valentine & Sons (South Africa)
East African Types. M'MERU HAIRDRESSING.
East African Types. M'MERU HAIRDRESSING.
Kodak (East Africa) Limited
East African Types. KIKUYU WOMAN.
East African Types. KIKUYU WOMAN.
Kodak (East Africa) Limited
East African Types. NANDI WARRIOR
East African Types. NANDI WARRIOR
Kodak (East Africa) Limited
East African Types. No. 5. KIKUYU WOMAN.
East African Types. No. 5. KIKUYU WOMAN.
Kodak (East Africa) Limited
East African Types. MASAI
East African Types. MASAI
Kodak (East Africa) Limited
H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
Valentine & Son, Ltd., Dundee and London
about 1953