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[Unidentified young African American woman] [graphic] / Leuf, 242 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
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Creator
Leuf, William F. J., photographer.
Title
[Unidentified young African American woman] [graphic] / Leuf, 242 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Date
[ca. 1900]
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver on card mount ; mount 17 x 12 cm (6.5 x 4.25 in.) (cabinet card format)
Description
Bust-length portrait of a young African American woman facing slightly left. She wears her hair tied back behind her head in a bun and is attired in small hoop earrings, a puffed sleeve blouse with a high collar over her neck and decorative stripes of ribbon across the shoulders in a patterned fabric.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date based on the photographer and attire of the sitter.
Missing lower right corner of mount. Surface badly scratched.
Purchase 2001.
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.
Women.
Genre
Cabinet photographs -- 1890-1900.
Gelatin silver prints -- 1890-1900.
Portrait photographs -- 1890-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cabinet card portraits- photographer - Leuf [P.9930.3]
Accession number
P.9930.3
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African Americana Photographs
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