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Cabinet card of an unidentified child

1890s

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

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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 child wearing a dark-colored short dress with a white collar and sleeves and a pair of button-up boots. The child stands with its right palm resting on the seat of a side chair. The text "Adt. Waterbury, Conn." is printed along the bottom of the card mount. The reverse of the card mount has printed text reading "Adt. / The ADT & BROTHER / PORTRAIT / STUDIO / 56 BANK ST., WATERBURY, / CONN. / Manufacturers / of Picture Frames / DUPLICATES / AT REDUCED RATES."

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Catalog reference: 2009.31.6

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