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Photographic print of a Black nurse with two white children

mid to late 19th century

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.

A black-and-white photograph studio portrait of a Black woman standing behind two white children sitting on an ornate rattan chair. The photograph is mounted to a brown backing board and is cracked and stained through the center of the image diagonally. A studio backdrop with a column is partially visible through the staining. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2010.1.116

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