W.T. Vernon (?), circa 1901/1910

Postcard with photograph of two African-American men wearing three-piece suits and holding derby hats. The bottom of the postcard contains the handwritten words "W.T. Vernon, U.S. Treas." The message suggests that one of the men could be W.T. Vernon, the president of Western University in Quindero, Kansas, whom Pres. Theodore Roosevelt appointed Registrar of the U.S. Treasury. Vernon served in the Treasury position from 1906 until 1911. In later years he was bishop of an African Methodist Episcopal congregation.该明信片印有一张照片，照片中两名非裔美国男性身着三件套西装，手持德比礼帽（derby hat）。明信片底部带有手写文字"W.T. Vernon, U.S. Treas."。相关背景信息显示，其中一位男性可能为W.T.弗农——他是堪萨斯州昆德罗（Quindero）西部大学校长，曾被西奥多·罗斯福总统任命为美国国库署长，于1906年至1911年任职该财政岗位。晚年，他担任了非裔卫理公会圣公会会众的主教。