African American Postcards

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

African American Postcards, circa 1910, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.02 Linear Feet
Creator:
Gary Alonzo Barranger
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

African American Postcards, circa 1910, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Seven postcards circa 1910 which feature African Americans picking cotton, posing for a photo, and caricatures of racists stereotypical notions about African Americans during that time.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Gary Barranger, class of '73 Law '76.