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"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division

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Title
"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing
Names
Hoeing, Frederick (Addressee)
Collection

Material culture collection

Postcards

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1910 - 1919 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
Shelf locator: Sc Art (Material culture collection)
Topics
African Americans -- Social life and customs -- United States
African American children
Ethnic stereotypes
Alligators
Genres
Postcards
Notes
Content: Handwritten note on verso: "How do like these black boys. What you see down here - a big kiss, from Auntie. For Frederick."
Physical Description
Postcards
Extent: 9 x 14 cm ; color
Photomechanical prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11486937
Photo Order: 53355
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b09dee30-2729-0132-45d3-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1910: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. ""Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1910 - 1919. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/77b226d0-27d4-0132-d10a-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. ""Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/77b226d0-27d4-0132-d10a-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. (1910 - 1919). "Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/77b226d0-27d4-0132-d10a-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/77b226d0-27d4-0132-d10a-58d385a7b928 | title= (still image) "Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing, (1910 - 1919) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing