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Brooch with a portrait of an unidentified man

ca. 1860

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

Ladies' oval-shaped brooch with a black-and-white tintype photograph of an African American man. The brooch is silver in color with a glass front and a pushpin back. The man in the photograph is wearing a dark colored necktie, jacket and vest with a white shirt.

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Catalog reference: 2011.155.50

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