Cabinet photograph of black man holding a white baby

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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.

A sepia tone cabinet card photograph of a black man holding a white infant. Captured in front of a plain wall or backdrop, a man with dark hair and moustache, wearing a bright high neck long sleeve shirt, holds a baby in his proper right arm. The baby wears a long white gown and gazes slightly away from the camera. Below the image on the card mount, imprinted in light brown ink is: [A. J. FISHER / TOWANDA, PA.]. On the reverse of the cabinet card is a detailed ink studio logo for the photographer, A.J. Fisher. Several elements are depicted within the logo, to include, flora, various fonts, and a circular sketch of a man fishing in a lake. In small brown ink at the bottom of the logo is: [DUPLICATES / CAN BE HAD / AT ANY TIME.].

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