Cabinet card of a seated woman

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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 sepia tone cabinet photograph of an unidentified woman. Captured in studio seated behind a large stone prop, the woman's dark hair is in a pinned updo and she wears an embellished high collar dress. Most of her body is blocked from view by a large stone or stone-like panel with columns and scrolls. At the bottom of the photograph in brown ink is: [Deane / OVER 414-416-418 & 418 1/2 CENTER ST. / BET.POST OFFICE & MARKET, GALVESTON, TEX.]. There are various graphite inscriptions on the reverse of the cabinet photograph, to include: [From Lila {??} E. Perkins / to / Miss Anabella Cole / of / Jefferson Tex / Box 418].

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