Carte-de-visite of a woman with a young boy
Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Description
- A small black-and-white print of a woman in a floral patterned dress and a white collar with her arm around a young boy in a button down shirt and pants. He stands beside her while she sits. Adhered to the back of the photograph are two red one cent tax stamps featuring a portrait of George Washington.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Linda and Artis Cason
- 1865
- Object number
- 2011.30.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Medium
- albumen, silver and paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet) : 3 11/16 x 2 1/8 in. (9.4 x 5.4 cm)
- H x W (Mount): 4 x 2 7/16 in. (10.2 x 6.2 cm)
- Place collected
- Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Families
- Photography
- Slavery
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.30.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b0eaabf1-2bbe-4da2-ace3-72bf734c9215
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