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[Vivian Glover] [graphic].
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Title
[Vivian Glover] [graphic].
Publisher
[United States]
Date
[ca. 1910]
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.) (post card format)
Description
Real photo postcard depicting Vivian Glover, an African American girl, seated outdoors, and holding a white porcelain doll. Glover wears a dark-colored, button-down, V-neck sweater over a light-colored dress, dark tights, and side button boots. She holds the doll, attired in a white bonnet and dress, in a seated position, in her lap. Glover smiles slightly and crosses her legs at her feet. She sits on a wooden chair in a fenced backyard. Dried leaves lay on the ground near her.
Notes
Title from inscriptions on recto and verso: Vivian Glover.
Date inferred from content.
Divided back.
Azo stamp box printed on verso.
RVCDC
Subject
Glover, Vivian -- Portraits.
African American girls -- United States.
African American girls -- Clothing & dress -- United States.
Backyards.
Dolls.
African American History.
Genre
Photographic postcards -- 1900-1910.
Portrait photographs -- 1900-1910.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| LCP postcards - Portraits - Glover [P.2025.77.1]
Accession number
P.2025.77.1
In Collections
African American History Photographs
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1901-1980
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