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Tintype of a man

1870s

United States, North and Central America

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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.

Tintype of a man wearing a jacket, vest, and shirt. The clothing in the photograph reads white or light-colored; there is a faint striped pattern on the vest. The man wears a moustache and goatee. The tintype is inside a white paper sleeve with an oval cutout frame; the frame has embossed pattern.

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Catalog reference: 2014.312.135

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