Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of William Harrison and Idella B. Carmichael
1891-1897
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, 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 photograph of the couple William Harrison (attorney) and Idella B. Carmichael (educator) taken by Mahon & Taylor in Nashville, Tennessee. The full-length portrait captures the couple in studio, posing with a decorative iron gate. On the back in black ink, are names of the sitters and where they are from. Also on back, the logo and location of Mahon & Taylor, photographers. Written in black ink, the text on the back reads [Mr. Wm [William] Harrison / West Point / Miss. / and / Miss. Idella B. Carmichael / Canton / Miss.].
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Catalog reference: 2011.36.85
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