Tintype of Emmaline

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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 Emmaline, a formerly enslaved woman. Emmaline is pictured seated in front of a studio backdrop. She wears a skirt, jacket and gloves of the same dark fabric. The jacket has a single row of small buttons up the center. She also wears a white collar with a dark ribbon, earrings, and a small hat. Her proper right arm is down by her side and her proper left hand is on her lap. She is smiling and is looking straight ahead at the camera. There are small losses to the tintype on the lefthand top and bottom corners.

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