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Cabinet card of H. L. Cunningham

ca. 1890

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

A cabinet card photograph of H. L. Cunningham taken by the traveling photographer, W. W. Fox. Cunningham’s portrait captures him from the waist up, fading out from his waist below. He is wearing a suit with a bow tie. On the back, the sitter's name is handwritten with pencil at top [H. L. Cunningham] and at the center is tamped with the photographer’s information [W. W. FOX / Traveling Photographer, / Out door work a specialty.]. There is a crack running horizontally through the center of the card.

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.101

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