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Carte-de-visite portrait of Abby and Julia Smith
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Smith, Abby Hadassah, American, 1797 - 1878
- Smith, Julia Evelina, American, 1792 - 1886
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (9.2 × 5.7 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Abby Hadassah Smith and Julia Evelina Smith shown in full portrait. The Smith sisters are shown standing with one shown in profile with her left side facing the camera. She looks at her sister standing to her right, who is facing the camera but looks off frame to her right. Both women wear dark colored bonnets, dark duster coats over their dresses, and have large paisley shawls draped over their arms around their backs. They stand in front of a wall with decorative wallpaper on the lower portion and behind a small wooden table.
- Handwritten in graphite on the mount below the print is the text, "Abby Julia". On the back of the photograph, handwritten in graphite, is the text, "The Smith sisters / Glastonbury / Conn. / 1877".
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Abby + Julia Smith of Conn." Handwritten at the lower left corner of the album page in graphite is the text "SMITH SISTERS - 1877".
- Place depicted
- Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Suffrage
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Shriner
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Shriner, Mary Siveter, English-American, 1826 - 1905
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1860-1866
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 1/16 in. (9.3 × 5.3 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.1 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Mary Shriner shown in bust portrait. She is facing the camera directly. Her hair is parted at the center and then gathered into a dark snood with a floral decorative element at the center top of her head. She wears a dark colored bodice and a thin black velvet ribbon with short tails is crossed and pinned at her center front neck. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.
- Handwritten in graphite along the bottom of the print is the text "Mary Shriner" with the text "née Siveter" written vertically along the bottom right side of the print.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Miss Thiele
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.4 × 5.5 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Miss Thiele shown in half portrait. Her body is facing the camera, but her head is turned one quarter to her left and she looks off camera. Her hair is gathered at the back of her head and hanging down in large ringlets. She wears a dark colored bodice with a ruffled white lace collar and a white ruffled ribbon at her front neck. A chatelaine is pinned at her front neck with a watch visible and a longer chain hanging down with an object at the end that is out of frame.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Miss Thiele".
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Miss Julia J. Thomas
- Photograph by
- Beardsley, Jefferson, American, 1833 - 1895
- Subject of
- Irvine, Julia Josephine, American, 1848 - 1930
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1875
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 13/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9.7 × 6 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Miss Julia J. Thomas shown in quarter portrait. Thomas is facing the camera, but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off camera. Her naturally curly hair is loosely gathered behind her back. She wears a heavily embellished dark colored bodice with a white ruffled standing collar and a dark lace bow tied at the front of her neck. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time. There is a border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.
- Handwritten in ink on the back of the photograph is the text, "Julia J. Thomas / First Scholar in Greek / at Cornell. / Graduate June 1875." Below the handwritten text is Beardsley's mark.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Miss Julia J. Thomas". Handwritten in graphite at the lower left corner of the album page is the text "1st GREEK SCHOLAR IN GREEK / at CORNELL Grad. June 1875".
- Place depicted
- Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Education
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Albumen portrait of Charlotte S. Poulton mounted on paper
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Poulton, Charlotte S., English, 1831 - 1910
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 1 3/16 × 15/16 in. (3 × 2.4 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 1 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (4.1 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Albumen print of Charlotte S. Poulton mounted on paper. Poulton is shown in but portrait and is turned one quarter to her right looking off frame. Her hair is smoothed down and pulled behind her head, and she may be wearing a dark colored snood or cloth, but the print is blurry and difficult to tell. She is wearing a dark colored bodice with a white lace collar and a pin at her center front neck. The print is cut into an oval and adhered to a paper backing.
- Handwritten along the bottom of the mount in graphite is the text "Charlotte S. Poulton".
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Dickens
- Photograph by
- Gurney, Jeremiah, American, 1812 - 1895
- Subject of
- Dickens, Charles, English, 1812 - 1870
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1867
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 1/16 in. (8.7 × 5.3 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Charles Dickens shown in half portrait. Dickens is seated and turned one quarter to his left with head turned in profile showing the right side of his face. He is balding and the hair on top of his head is combed over. He has a mustache and a long goatee. Dickens wears a dark jacket with black velvet lapels, a black velvet vest, and white shirt, and a dark necktie. A tie pin is placed near his front neck and a watch chain is visible across his vest. There is a border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.
- Below the photo is printed [CHARLES DICKENS. / Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by J. / GURNEY & SON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. / J. Gurney & Son. Photo. N.Y.]. The back of the photograph features J. Gurney & Son's mark printed in purple ink inside a gold printed frame.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Dickens". Handwritten in the lower left corner of the album page in graphite is the text "J Gurney & Son, 1867 / 107 Broadway".
- Place captured
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Literature
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Phebe M. Coffin
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Coffin, Phebe M., American, 1817 - 1904
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.1 × 5.9 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.1 × 6.2 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Phebe M. Coffin shown in seated full portrait. She is turned one quarter to her right and looks off frame. Her hair is parted in the middle and gathered into a dark colored snood behind her head. She wears a dark colored dress, a white lace collar, and a wide ribbon tied in a bow at her front neck. A large dark colored shawl heavily embellished with lace and fringe is draped over her arms and pinned with a large brooch at her front chest. She is seated in a carved side chair with a high padded back and her right elbow is resting on a table covered in a damask cloth. Her left hand rests in her lap.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30.The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "P. M. Coffin 1857".
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Agnes and Slocum Howland
- Photograph by
- Van Gorden, C.E., American, 1847 - 1925
- Subject of
- Howland, Agnes, American, 1859 - 1925
- Howland, Slocum, American, 1870 - 1922
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1875
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 × 2 3/16 in. (10.1 × 5.5 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Agnes and Slocum Howland. Agnes is seated and facing the camera, with Slocum standing to her left and also facing the camera. Agnes has her hair pulled away from her face and left loose in back. She wears a dark colored dress with a large white bow tied around her neck. Slocum wears a frock and short jacket in a medium color trimmed in dark velvet. His right elbow is propped on Agnes's left thigh and her right hand rests in her lap next to his arm.
- The text "C.E. Van Gorden, / 93 Main Street, / CATSKILL, N.Y." is printed on the back of the photograph.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Agnes + Slocum Howland".
- Place made
- Catskill, Greene County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Children
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Emperor Maximilian
- Photograph by
- Burgess, Andrew, American, 1837 - 1908
- Printed by
- Bailey, French
- Subject of
- Emperor Maximilian I, Austrian, 1832 - 1867
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1864; printed later
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (8.9 × 5.3 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.1 × 6.2 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico shown in three quarter portrait. He is standing and facing the camera with his right hand resting on the back of a side chair and his left hand hanging at his side near his sword. He has a full beard and mustache and is wearing a military dress uniform with several pins on his left breast and wide fringed epaulettes. Printed below the image is the text, "Photographie, Bailey, Paris. / MAXIMILIAN."
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Maximilian".
- Place depicted
- Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place printed
- France, Europe
- Place depicted
- Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Hand-colored albumen portrait of Princess Dagmar
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Empress Feodorovna, Maria, Danish, 1847 - 1928
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1860-1870
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (9.2 × 5.9 cm)
- H x W (Image on Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6 cm)
- Description
- A hand-colored albumen print of Mari¯i?a? F?eodorovna, or Princess Dagmar, shown in bust portrait. Her body is facing with her left side foremost and her head is turned to the front. Her hair is gathered in a snood behind her head with a gold band and a red bow on top of her head. She wears an evening gown with a ruffled yoke that is painted red with green ribbons. She wears several strands of pearls around her neck.
- Handwritten in graphite along the bottom of the print is the text "Sister of Princess of Wales". Printed in ink below the print is the text "PRINCESS DAGMAR".
- The print is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Princess Dagmar".
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Isabel and Herbert Howland
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Howland, Isabel, American, 1859 - 1942
- Howland, Herbert, American, 1863 - 1939
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (9.5 × 5.6 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6.1 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Isabel and Herbert Howland shown in full portrait. Isabel stands with her body turned one quarter to her left and her left hand on the shoulder of Herbert, who is seated to her left on a stool with his legs resting on the seat of a Windsor chair. Herbert is facing the camera but looks slightly off frame. Isabel wears a light colored short dress with a dark colored pinafore. Herbert wears a light colored skeleton suit. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Children
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.32
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of an unidentified woman
- Created by
- Rev. Harter, Jacob H., American, 1820 - 1884
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1862-1870
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.4 × 5.6 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of an unidentified woman shown in bust portrait. She is turned one quarter to her right. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered at the nape of her neck. She wears a dark velvet bodice or jacket with a heavily embellished beaded and lace panels at the front sides. She has on a white folded collar and a black ribbon choker with an oval cameo at her center front neck. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.
- There is a mark for Harter's Fine Art Gallery on the back of the photograph.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite in the lower left corner of the album page is the text: HARTER'S ART GALLERY
- Place made
- Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.36
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- General Thumb, Tom, American, 1838 - 1883
- Warren, Lavinia, American, 1841 - 1919
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1880-1883
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.2 × 5.6 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren shown in full portrait. Both are standing and facing slightly toward each other looking off frame. Thumb is on the left facing side of the image and wears a dark three-piece suit, white shirt, dark bowtie, and has a pocket watch on a chain hanging from his vest button. He is balding and has a mustache and goatee. Warren wears a dark colored floral damask evening dress with a bustle and white lace trimming on her cuffs and skirt. She has on drop earrings and wears a short beaded necklace and a longer chain necklace with a cross at the end that hangs onto the front bodice of her dress. The couple are standing in an interior with a wooden floor and a painted backdrop resembling walls with ornate wainscoting.
- Handwritten in ink on the back of the photograph is the text "Jesse G. Bedl[?] / Mr. & Mrs. Tom Thum.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in the lower left corner of the album page is the text "Jesse g Bedl[?]".
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Entertainers
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.44
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Mrs. Bowen
- Photograph by
- Ulke, Henry, German-American, 1821 - 1910
- Subject of
- Bowen, Mary Barker, American, 1815 - 1882
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1866
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (9.6 × 6 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10.7 × 6.2 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Mary Barker Bowen shown in bust portrait. Her body faces the camera, but her head is turned a quarter to her left and she looks off camera. Her hair is parted at the center and pulled into a chignon at the nape of her neck. She wears a dark bodice with a white collar and an oval brooch at her front neck. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.
- Handwritten in graphite on the bottom of the print is the name "Mrs. Bowen" with "1866" written below the print on the mount. There is a green and white 3 cent canceled revenue stamp on the back of the print featuring George Washington with HU / NY written over it in ink with Henry Ulke's mark printed above it.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite at the lower left corner of the album page is the text "HENRY ULKE".
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Cabinet card of Mary Jane Hale Welles in a funeral dress by Elizabeth Keckley
- Photograph by
- Ulke, Henry, German-American, 1821 - 1910
- Subject of
- Welles, Mary Jane Hale, American, 1817 - 1886
- Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs, American, 1818 - 1907
- Date
- 1866
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.4 × 10.6 cm)
- Caption
- This portrait depicts Mary Jane Hale Welles, wife of Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, in a funeral dress. The dress is said to have been sewn and designed by Elizabeth Keckley for the funeral of her son Hubert Gideon Welles in 1862, and again worn by Welles at the funeral of President Lincoln in 1865.
- Description
- This is a cabinet card portrait of Mary Jane Hale Welles in a funeral dress, on a Henry Ulke mount that has a narrow black border. This full length portrait shows Mary Jane Hale Welles standing in a three quarters turn away from the camera. Wearing a dark colored full-length dress with a train and a dark colored lace shawl, she gazes directly at the viewer. Her right hand rests on a small side table next to her with two books stacked on it. The print is on a card mount with text on the reverse that reads "Henry Ulke, / 278 Pennsylvania Avenue. / Washington, D.C. / 1866."
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Craftsmanship
- Free communities of color
- Funeral customs and rites
- Motherhood
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.35.2.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Cabinet card of Albert Wilford Johnston
- Photograph by
- McMillan, Charles, founded 1853
- Subject of
- Johnston, Albert Wilford, American
- United States Navy, American, founded 1775
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (TR2018-22.2 diary): 7 13/16 × 5 × 1/4 in. (19.8 × 12.7 × 0.6 cm)
- H x W x D (TR2018-22.12 necklace overall): 11 × 5/8 × 1/8 in. (27.9 × 1.6 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W x D (TR2018-22.12 necklace pendant only): 1 3/8 × 5/8 × 1/8 in. (3.5 × 1.6 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card of Albert Wilford Johnston dressed in his Navy uniform. He is featured from the chest up and stares directly at the camera. Below the photograph in the bottom right corner is the name of the photographer [Chas. McMillan / Vallejo, Cal.], printed in silver. The back of the photograph has an inscription about the subject.
- Place depicted
- Vallejo, Solano County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Military
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Greer-Calmeise Family of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Object number
- 2019.18.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Cabinet card of Albert Wilford Johnston
- Photograph by
- Centennial Gallery, American
- Subject of
- Johnston, Albert Wilford, American
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Image): 5 5/8 × 3 15/16 in. (14.3 × 10 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 6 1/2 × 4 3/16 in. (16.5 × 10.6 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card of Alfred Wilford Johnston. Johnston, who served in the Navy, is featured standing with his proper left hand in his pocket. He is wearing a long jacket over a suit. Below the photograph are inscriptions that read: [Dickinson / Centennial Gallery / 146 W. 5th St. Cincinnati]. The back of the photograph has inscriptions about the subject.
- Place made
- Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Greer-Calmeise Family of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Object number
- 2019.18.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Margaret Alsop
- Photograph by
- Gardner, Alexander, Scottish, 1821 - 1882
- Published by
- Philp & Solomons, American, founded 1859
- Subject of
- Alsop, Margaret, Scottish American, 1842 - 1886
- Received by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.8 × 5.5 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6.1 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Margaret Alsop shown in half portrait. Alsop is seated with her proper right elbow resting on the back of a chair and her right hand touching her chin. She is looking directly at the camera. Alsop is wearing a dark colored, high neck dress with buttons from neck to waist and a belt with oval buckle cinching the pleated waist. There is a light colored trim at the collar and cuffs. The photograph has retouching present in Alsop's eyes and pink hand coloring on her lips and cheeks.
- There is an inscription handwritten in graphite along the lower edge of the print, which reads "Margaret Alsop."
- There is a mark for Alexander Gardner Galleries and Philip & Solomons Publishers on the back of the photograph.
- The photograph is housed on page 20 in the Emily Howland Photograph Album (2017.30). The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
- Place printed
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress, Anonymous Gift
- Object number
- 2019.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass with his grandson, Joseph Douglass
- Photograph by
- Bourdon, Denis, Canadian
- Notman Photo Company, American, 1866 - 1894
- Subject of
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Douglass, Joseph Henry, American, 1871 - 1935
- Date
- May 10, 1894
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)
- Caption
- This carte-de-visite is found in Series 6 of the Charlene Hodges Byrd Collection. This collection documents the personal life and professional career of Charlene Hodges Byrd as well as her related family members from various areas throughout the Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D.C. This collection is comprised of correspondence, ephemera and photographs discussing family life, religion, race, education as well as the family relationship with Frederick Douglass and his family. The collection is available for research by contacting NMAAHC Archives at nmaahc-archivalcollection@si.edu or see our collections in the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives available here: https://goo.gl/Rwckpe.
- Description
- A cabinet card of Frederick Douglass and his grandson Joseph Douglass. Frederick Douglass is featured on the right side of the image and sits in a chair holding papers in his hands atop his lap. Joseph Douglass, in the left side of the image, sits atop a table and holds a violin in his proper right hand. His proper left hand is resting on the back of his grandfather. The bottom of the card has a maker's mark and address for Notman Photographic Company in Boston.
- Place made
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Charlene Hodges Byrd Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Archival Collections
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Charlene Hodges Byrd
- Object number
- A2010.26.29.8.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
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Waiting for the Hour
- Created by
- Heard & Moseley, American
- Subject of
- Carlton, William Tolman, American, 1818 - 1888
- Date
- 1863
- Medium
- albumen and silver nitrate on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (10.8 x 6.4 cm)
- Title
- Carte-de-visite of an emancipation watch night meeting
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of a group of African Americans gathered around a man with a pocket watch, leaning on a pulpit made out of U.S. Sanitation Commission crates. A sign on the wall reads "1 Jan-Slaves Forever Free." The text in chain links on the sides read "Waiting for the Hour - Watch Meeting Dec 31, 1862."
- Place made
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Topic
- Emancipation
- Law
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.77.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain