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Tattooed Postman
Tattooed Postman

Tattooed Postman

Date1897
CultureJapanese
ClassificationsPhotograph
MediumHand-colored albumen print
DimensionsObject: 10 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (25.7 × 19.3 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 15/16 in. (40.1 × 30.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Henry ’51 and Mrs. Nancy Peikin Rosin
Object number2001.0197
Postman
Postman
circa 1890
[Tattooed person]
[Tattooed person]
Kusakabe Kimbei
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[Tattooed person]
[Tattooed person]
Kusakabe Kimbei
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Tattooed Man, A Letter Carrier
Tattooed Man, A Letter Carrier
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"The postman wants to know how many Idle Enumeration blanks he should leave here, sir."
"The postman wants to know how many Idle Enumeration blanks he should leave here, sir."
Alan Dunn
1937
[Postman looking in stamp dealer's window]
[Postman looking in stamp dealer's window]
Alan Dunn
1933
Tattooed Man
Tattooed Man
Peter Blake
1978
Tattooed Artist
Tattooed Artist
Dennis Revitzky
2009
View of Hakone Lake
View of Hakone Lake
Kusakabe Kimbei
circa 1880
An Actor
An Actor
1897
Temple gate guard
Temple gate guard
1897
Feeding Chickens
Feeding Chickens
1897