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Cabinet card of Laura E. Singleton

1884

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 Laura E. Singleton taken by W. H. Farley. The portraits of Singleton captures her form the chest up, as she looks to the proper right. She has a collar of flowers and flower buttons. Singleton is wearing dainty dangling earrings. The mat is decorated with holiday greetings for Christmas and the new year. On the back, the name of the sitter written in pen along with the photographer's mark and the date July 13.

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Catalog reference: 2011.36.93

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