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Cabinet card of Reverend R. G. Garner

1884-1906

Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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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 Reverend R. G. Garner of Mattoon, IL. Garner is captured from the waist up and is looking directly at the camera. He wears a dark color three-piece suit with a bow tie and presumably a watch chain hanging on his proper left side. On the back, the sitter’s name is handwritten in ink is [Rev. R. G. Garner / of Mattoon / Ills].

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.102

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