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Cabinet card of an unidentified woman

1889-1891

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 photograph of an unidentified woman looking to her right and wearing a bodice with a puckered bib collar. She has spectacles and wears earrings. Text printed along the bottom of the card mount reads "Crane Art Co. / 57 EAST MAIN ST., / WATERBURY, CONN." An engraving featuring a portrait photograph and a landscape photograph are sitting atop a pillar with a ribbon wrapped around the pillar reading "CRANE ART CO. / WATERBURY, / CONN." Text above the engraving reads "Ground Floor Studio / No Stairs to Climb." Text below the engraving reads "57 East Main Street / Duplicates furnished at reduced rates."

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Catalog reference: 2009.31.22

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