Product Summary: Navajo American Indian RPPC Post Card Chief Black Thunder, Indian Chief Series 1, marked “Phototyped In Holland” on back of card, By Raphael Tuck & Sons “Silverette”, “Art Publishers To Their Majesties The King & Queen”

The back of the card inscribed “Black Thunder is a prominent member of the Thunder Clan another leader of which is known as Yellow Thunder. When an Indian child is born, a person is paid to give it the name chosen by the parents and kindred. The child is held up, then turned to all sides of the heavens in a direction of the course of the sun and its name is proclaimed”, this exceptionally rare example currently is the only known market available example based on our research

Size: 5.43 x 3.42 inches the card

Condition: With toning to the card, wear on edges and corners, the image with foxing and surface crackling, some staining to back of the card, the surface with scratches, with a pencil-written message on the back of the card, no visible postal mark