[Postcard addressed to Miss (Nannie Helen?) Burroughs, from Sarah Ellen, showing girl, possibly a student at the National Training School for Girls, Washington D.C., seated on chair with doll] – Antique Print
![[Postcard addressed to Miss (Nannie Helen?) Burroughs, from Sarah Ellen, showing girl, possibly a student at the National Training School for Girls, Washington D.C., seated on chair with doll], [ca. 1910] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c0/c01b9a6afd8c-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Postcard addressed to Miss (Nannie Helen?) Burroughs, from Sarah Ellen, showing girl, possibly a student at the National Training School for Girls, Washington D.C., seated on chair with doll], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Postcard addressed to Miss (Nannie Helen?) Burroughs, from Sarah Ellen, showing girl, possibly a student at the National Training School for Girls, Washington D.C., seated on chair with doll]
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A handwritten note on the back of this postcard, sent to Miss Nannie Helen Burroughs by someone signing as Sarah Ellen, links the picture to one of Washington's best-known schools for African American girls. The young girl seated on a chair with a doll may be a student at the National Training School for Girls, which Burroughs founded in the capital in 1909 to teach domestic science, practical trades and moral training. Photographic postcards like this one were a cheap, popular way to exchange portraits around 1910, so the card works as both a personal greeting and a glimpse of daily life in a school community.
| Created / published | [ca. 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print (postcard) |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1920.Photographic postcards 1900-1920. |
| Notes | Inscribed on verso: To Miss Burroughs from Sarah Ellen."" |
| Subjects | Burroughs, Nannie Helen,--1879---Associated objects. Children playing with dolls--1900-1920. Girls--1900-1920. Chairs--1900-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,681 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221606 |
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