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Black family posed outside a wooden cabin, "De ole Folks at Home," Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1908

Subjects
African American HistoryChildrenResidences
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Black family posed outside a wooden cabin, "De ole Folks at Home," Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1908, Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Black family posed outside a wooden cabin, "De ole Folks at Home," Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1908, Charlotte Hassett, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A group of 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, with a large iron wash pot in the foreground. The card's own caption, "De ole Folks at Home," places the scene in the dialect genre of "old plantation" imagery widely sold in the early 20th century, a sentimentalized and stereotyped view of Southern Black rural life rather than a documentary record. The handwritten date and place on the front indicate the card was inscribed in Atlanta in November 1908.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

from Atlanta Atlanta Nov 24-08

PublisherThe Rotograph Co.
De ole Folks at Home, --- Post Card THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE FOR ADDRESS ONLY. THE ROTOGRAPH CO. N.Y. CITY PRINTED IN GERMANY G 15533
PostmarkedNovember 24, 1908, 10:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Hassett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked
PublisherThe Rotograph Co.
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte Hassett, Amesbury, MA
Place mentionedAtlanta, GA
PublisherThe Rotograph Co., New York, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907
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 posed outside a wooden cabin, "De ole Folks at Home," Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1908, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/black-family-posed-outside-a-wooden-cabin-de-ole-folks-at-ho. Accessed October 24, 2026.