Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of a newspaper carrier
mid to late 19th century
United States, North and Central America
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 cabinet card portrait of a newspaper carrier. The man is pictured standing in the center of the image against a light background. He is dressed in a dark hat and jacket, with a canvas newspaper carrier bag full of papers worn over his shoulder. In his proper right hand, he leans on a carved wooden walking stick. The photograph is cut to an oval shape and mounted on dark gray cardboard.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2011.155.65
