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Tintype of a girl

1890s

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 depicting a young girl wearing a white dress with decorated trim in the front. The tintype is in a paper sleeve with an oval opening framing the portrait. The outside of the oval is elaborately embossed. On the back, written in pencil, is [Carla]. Paper sleeve is discolored around outer edges and embossed frame.

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Catalog reference: 2014.312.148

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