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Greeting card case for notes made by Herman Wallace while incarcerated

after 1972

Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A greeting card repurposed to house business cards and notes by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. The greeting card has been folded in half to act as a case housing notes, documents, phone lists, and business cards. The front of the card is the cover of the case, with a colorful design of swirls, dots, and geometric designs in orange, yellow, blue, green, pink, and purple. At the center of the design, in bold white, is: [accomplice… / chum… / partner…]. On the back of the folded card, in black ink, is [2534648] followed by a UPC barcode and [195WEFR 00148-10Y / © WISHING WELL / P.O. Box 980 / Toronto, M8Z 9Z9 / MADE IN U.S.A.].

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Catalog reference: A2018.36.1.4.3

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