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Carte-de-visite portrait of Anna M. Stanton

1869-1877

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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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.

Carte-de-visite of Anna M. Stanton shown in full portrait. Stanton is standing with her body turned to the side and her left side foremost. Her head is turned to the camera. She wears her hair parted at the center and gathered into an updo behind her head. She has on a dark colored bodice and a bustle skirt. A chatelaine or watch chain is visible hanging from her chest down underneath her left arm. She is standing in front of an interior backdrop painted with a parlor mantel and draperies. Her hands are resting on top of each other on the top of the back of a carved armchair with a tufted padded back. Handwritten in ink on the back of the photograph above the photographer's mark is the text, "Anne M. Stanton". The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.

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Catalog reference: 2017.30.25

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