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Cabinet card of an unidentified child wearing a christening gown

1894-1906

Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This cabinet card has a photographic print of an unidentified infant wearing a long christening gown and seated on top of a fur pelt in a chair. The mount has an embossed design of fretwork with text embossed along the bottom reading "BUCKLEY / BANK ST. / WATERBURY, CONN." The reverse of the card mount is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2009.31.2

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