Florida Souvenir Postcard Slave Quarters

Original Title

Slave Quarters Postcard

Devised Title

Florida Souvenir Postcard Slave Quarters

Date

1930

Creator

Cochrane's Book Store See all items with this value

Contributor

James N. Eaton

Description

This vintage Florida souvenir postcard depicts slave quarters built before the Civil War. The image captures small, weathered structures used to house enslaved people on plantations. Such postcards often romanticized the antebellum South, overlooking the harsh realities of slavery while promoting Florida’s historic landscape to tourists.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Business See all items with this value

Race relations See all items with this value

White supremacy movements See all items with this value

Location

Tallahassee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Additional Techniques

Print

Measurements

L: 8.89cm x 12.7cm

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

AR_0012_01_B04_F01_0002_002

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0112

Rights

All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Collection

James N. Eaton Collection See all items with this value

Language

English