Printed postcard reproducing a photograph of Professor Hummel, identified by the reverse caption as a ventriloquist with black and white puppets, with an approximate date of 1880, making this one of the earliest documented ventriloquist subjects in the collection. The image shows Hummel in Victorian dress surrounded by puppet or dummy figures in a formal group arrangement consistent with photographic studio conventions of the late nineteenth century.



The reverse bears a printed caption reading Prof. Hummel, Ventriloquist with Black and White Puppets, Approx. 1880, with a publication date of June 1977, identifying this as a later printed reproduction postcard issued as part of a historical or collector series. Published by Glambs of Time, Senton, Ohio, this card documents the early history of ventriloquist performance photography and serves as a useful reference piece within a collection of ventriloquist ephemera.



The reverse reads: Printed POST CARD reverse with caption reading Prof. Hummel, Ventriloquist with Black and White Puppets, Approx. 1880, published by Glambs of Time, Senton, Ohio, June 1977. Handwritten inscriptions read: Pencil catalog notation visible.