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Photograph of a man sitting down with a woman standing next to him

1880s - 1900

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

A black-and-white cabinet card photograph of a man and woman. The man is sitting in a chair on the left side of the photograph. He is wearing a dark colored suit and his hands are resting on his lap. The woman is standing next to him on the right. She is wearing a dark colored dress and shirt with a white handkerchief tied around her neck. Her right arm is behind the man while her left hand is behind her own back. Written below the picture at the bottom of the card is “mothers friends!!” Printed below the inscription at the bottom of the card is “Cronyn & Gibbs, Railway Photography.”

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Catalog reference: 2014.61.19

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