"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing

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5167465

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Title

"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing

Collection

Material culture collection
Postcards

Names

Hoeing, Frederick (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1910 - 1919 (Approximate)

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
Shelf locator: Sc Art (Material culture collection)

Subjects

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

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11486937
Photo Order: 53355
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b09dee30-2729-0132-45d3-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1910

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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://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b09dee30-2729-0132-45d3-58d385a7bbd0

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://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b09dee30-2729-0132-45d3-58d385a7bbd0

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 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b09dee30-2729-0132-45d3-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia citation

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