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[Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified young African American woman] [graphic] / Snyder & Walton, 227 & 229 W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia.
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https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A127397
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Creator
Snyder & Walton, photographer.
Title
[Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified young African American woman] [graphic] / Snyder & Walton, 227 & 229 W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1893
Date
[ca. 1893]
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 16 x 11 cm (6.25 x 4.25 in.) (cabinet card format)
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified young African American woman standing and slightly facing right. She wears he hair tied back with bangs of curls on her forehead and is attired in a dark velvet basque shirt jacket with buttons down the bodice, a floral printed skirt, earrings, bracelets on both wrists, and a pin. She is posed beside a plaster tree stump, which she rests her hands on. In the background is a painted backdrop with trees.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographer's imprint stamped on mount.
Date inferred from dates of operation of photographer and attire of the sitter.
Purchase 2000.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Portraits.
African American women -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1890-1900.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Cabinet photographs -- 1890-1900.
Portrait photographs -- 1890-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cabinet card portraits - photographer - Snyder [P.9853.4]
Accession number
P.9853.4
In Collections
African American History Photographs
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