Details
Title [Full-length portrait of an unidentified older African American woman on a porch] [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1900
Date [ca. 1900]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 11 x 9 cm (4.25 x 3.25 in.)
Description Full-length portrait of an unidentified African American woman standing on the covered porch before the open doorway to her home. The woman, attired in a bonnet, a long-sleeved collared dress, an apron, and shoes, has her arms at her side as she smiles and looks at the viewer. She stands in front of a wooden rocking chair. On the porch, in the left, is a wooden rocking chair and a wooden crate with a milk pail and ladle on top of it.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred by attire of the sitter.
Gift of Marjorie G. Battles, 1979.
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 -- Portraits.
Country life.
Porches.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1890-1900.
Portrait photographs -- 1890-1900.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait photographs - misc. - unidentified female [P.8502.129]
Accession number P.8502.129