Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Tintype of a girl
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 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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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.312.148
