Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Carte-de-visite of a woman with a young boy
1865
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, 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 small black-and-white print of a woman in a floral patterned dress and a white collar with her arm around a young boy in a button down shirt and pants. He stands beside her while she sits. Adhered to the back of the photograph are two red one cent tax stamps featuring a portrait of George Washington.
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Catalog reference: 2011.30.2
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