Scope and Contents One postcard showing a person identified as "Rex" in a dress and wig, next to them and sitting on a post is a person identified as Loren Nelson Omans. Both are posing in front of a house with trees in the background. On the verso is a canceled stamp dated "4 pm 1912 Detroit MI" and a note in pencil signed as "Love from Rex," the postcard is addressed to Mrs. J. O. Power of Addison, Mich. The postcard also contains an ink annotation: "Rex in dress, Nelson Omans on post." One black...

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11 postcards and 7 stereoscopic photographs of life in Southern Africa. Topics covered include gold mining, African villages and people, agricultural laborers, politicians, and De Beers Mines in Kimberly, South Africa. Countries covered include South Africa, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and many unknown locations. The photographs are from approximately 1900-1910. Many of the stereoscopic photographs are dated 1901 and printed in England.