Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Tintype of a woman
1890s
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.
Tintype of a woman wearing a light dress with fringe and a bow at collar. The woman wears an ornament in her hair. Her cheeks are hand-tinted pink. Plate is housed in a white paper frame with an oval cutout. Oval cutout frames the tintype image and has embossed edge. The frame is discolored along the top edge.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2014.312.147