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Postcard with image of Sojourner Truth

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Postcard with image of Sojourner Truth
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Sojourner Truth portrait collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1850 - 1883 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Truth, Sojourner
Topics
African American women
Truth, Sojourner, -1883
Abolitionists -- United States
African American women orators.
African American women authors
Genres
Portraits
Photographs
Postcards
Notes
Content: Caption on recto: "I sell the Shadow to Support the Substance, Sojourner Truth"
Physical Description
Extent: 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches, Image 5 3/8 w/ text x 3 inches ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16819138
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11527218
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.FORT57_r2
Other local Identifier: SC-CN-80-193
Other local Identifier: SC-CN-94-0231
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 755c1c00-18ae-013e-112f-0242ac110003
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

  • 1850: Created (Approximate)
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Postcard with image of Sojourner Truth" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1883. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db23be10-18ae-013e-70d1-0242ac110004

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Postcard with image of Sojourner Truth" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 27, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db23be10-18ae-013e-70d1-0242ac110004

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1850 - 1883). Postcard with image of Sojourner Truth Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db23be10-18ae-013e-70d1-0242ac110004

Wikipedia Citation

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Postcard with image of Sojourner Truth