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Black family at cabin, 'De ole Folks at Home,' Atlanta, GA, 1908

Subjects
African American HistoryChildrenResidences
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1908 (Golden Age)
Front of Black family at cabin, 'De ole Folks at Home,' Atlanta, GA, 1908, Miss Charlotte Bassett, USA, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
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Back of Black family at cabin, 'De ole Folks at Home,' Atlanta, GA, 1908, Miss Charlotte Bassett, USA, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

Nine African American adults and children, one holding a small white dog, are posed in front of and in the window of a weathered, unpainted clapboard cabin raised on short posts. A large iron wash pot sits in the foreground. The printed caption, 'De ole Folks at Home,' belongs to the dialect genre of old plantation imagery sold widely in the early 20th century. Such cards presented a sentimental, stereotyped view of Southern Black rural life, not a documentary record of the people shown.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Atlanta Nov 24-08 from Lizzie

PublisherThe Rotograph Co.
De ole Folks at Home,
PostmarkedAtlanta, GA, November 24, 1908, 10:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Bassett

Highlands Amesbury

Postcard record

Postmarked, Atlanta, GA
PublisherThe Rotograph Co.
SeriesG 15533
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Bassett, Highlands, Amesbury
Place mentionedAtlanta, GA
PublisherThe Rotograph Co., New York, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; handwritten place, date and signature in ink on the front; color lithograph with a slightly grainy screen. Postmark: ATLANTA GA NOV 24 10 AM 1908. Divided-back Rotograph card printed in Germany; white border on front; light edge wear and slight toning.

Cite this card

Black family at cabin, 'De ole Folks at Home,' Atlanta, GA, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/black-family-at-cabin-de-ole-folks-at-home-atlanta-ga-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.