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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
    Type
    cartes-de-visite
    albumen prints
    portraits
    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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5abbac483-6c89-45a1-9d11-5ad178cf2a31
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