{"id":6536,"date":"2021-09-13T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=6536"},"modified":"2021-09-17T20:55:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T20:55:55","slug":"jessica-b-harriss-collection-of-vintage-postcards-from-the-african-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/jessica-b-harriss-collection-of-vintage-postcards-from-the-african-diaspora\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica B. Harris\u2019s Collection Of Vintage Postcards From The African Diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris is known for her critically acclaimed books documenting the foods of the African Diaspora and her new Netflix series High on the Hog<\/em>, but she\u2019s also a deltiologist\u2013\u2013a refined name for a postcard collector. Harris has traveled the world for nearly five decades, collecting vintage postcards from the African Diaspora along her journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time ever, her book Vintage Postcards From the African World: In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play<\/em> unveils the hefty collection, features essays about how she became a collector, and examines the postcards in depth, citing the history of each image. There are over 150 images of the postcards in Harris\u2019s book, supplying readers with a visual record of \u201cmore than a century of work in agricultural and culinary pursuits and joy in entertainments, parades, and celebrations.\u201d It is arranged by geography\u2013\u2013Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States\u2013\u2013and also by the type of scenes portrayed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe images capture the dignity of the labors of everyday life and the pride of festive occasions,\u201d reads the book\u2019s official synopsis. \u201cSuperb and rare images demonstrate everything from how Africans and their descendants dressed to what tools they used to how their entertainments provided relief from toil.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Below, view a select few postcards within Vintage Postcards From the African World<\/em><\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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French Market, New Orleans, | Jessica B. Harris, University Press of Mississippi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Among the Orange Groves in Florida. 117. \u201cThe orange, a native of Asiatic Countries, was brought to America by the Spaniards in the 16th century. The blossoms are exquisitely fragrant with delicious white petals. A tree in all of its golden glory of ripened fruit is a delight to see.\u201d | Jessica B. Harris, University Press of Mississippi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Zapateo, Tipical [sic] Cuban Dance. Union Postal Universal Post Card Republica de Cuba. | Jessica B. Harris, University Press of Mississippi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris is known for her critically acclaimed books documenting the foods of the African Diaspora and her new Netflix series High on the Hog, but she\u2019s also a deltiologist\u2013\u2013a refined name for a postcard collector. Harris has traveled the world for nearly five decades, collecting vintage postcards from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-6536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}