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Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm); H x W (image): 9 15/16 × 6 11/16 in. (25.2 × 17 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place captured: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970s

Description: A black and white photographic portrait of P. H. Polk at Tuskegee Institute. Polk stands with his right shoulder leaning against a white wall, with his face and shoulders facing towards the camera. His right hand rest above his right hip. He wears glasses and a buttoned cardigan sweater with broad dark and light-colored stripes. The print is signed by the artist on the front bottom right corner. In the opposite corner is the title [P.H. Polk photo at Tuskegee Institute]. Polk was the head of the photography department at the Tuskegee Institute from 1938 until he retired in 1984.

Topic: African American; Education; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2016.99.24

Restrictions & Rights: © Anthony Barboza

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Expected Vol. 29 No. 2

Edited by: Rev. Allen, Madison Crencha, American, born 1880
Published by: Rev. Allen, Madison Crencha, American, born 1880
Issued by: The Expected, American, 1930 - 1965
Subject of: Virginia Baptist State Convention, Inc., American, founded 1867; Humbles, Aldolphus, American, 1848 - 1926; Rev. Stokes, Volley V. K., American, ca. 1889 - 1961

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (29.2 × 21.6 cm)

Type: periodicals

Place depicted: Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Date: February 1957

Description: Periodical of “The Expected” featuring Adolphus Humbles and Virginia Seminary. The front cover has a red border with the title design for “The Expected” printed in red ink. The issue is titled [OUR INTEREST IS SPIRITUAL – The Spirit of Hayes and Humbles]. There is a large picture of Humbles next to an image of [The Tower of / Humbles Hall - / A Memorial]. Red printed text at the bottom reads [Devout Disciple of Hayes’ Philosophy of “SELF-HELP” and / Independence In Negro Education.] Inside, there is an editorial titled [An Educational Emergency] and articles on “The Church and Civic Concern”, “Virginia Seminary Negro History Spotlight”, “The Negro and United States Sectional Strife.” The publication has twelve (12) pages. The back cover has a stamp with the mailing address for Rev. V. Stokes.
Transcription Center Status: Transcribed by digital volunteers

Topic: African American; Communication; Education; Mass media; Religious groups

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family

Object number: 2017.14.15

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Untitled (boy at blackboard)

Photograph by: Davidson, Bruce, American, born 1933
Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (image): 8 11/16 × 13 in. (22 × 33 cm); H x W (sheet): 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (27.7 × 35.4 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place captured: Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1965; printed ca. 2010

Description: A black and white photograph of a boy writing on a blackboard in a school classroom. The blackboard is on the wall on the left side of the image and the boy writes on bottom of the board with white chalk held high with his right hand. His left arm is bent and held to his side. He wears a light colored shirt and dark colored pants. The classroom is constructed of wooden planks and in the center of the image, a door is set crooked into the wall and labeled with a sign that reads [DOOR]. To the left of the door is a white rectangular board reading [BULLETIN] and a round clock without hands. A large desk sits in the middle of the floor with a ladder back chair set apart from it. A border depicting the letters of the alphabet, both upper case and lower case, wraps around the top of the walls, from above the blackboard on the left to the door at center. Just to the right of the door, another blackboard is partially visible, with [Alice] written at the top. On the back is an inscription with the photographer's name and several numerical notations.

Topic: African American; American South; Children; Education; Photography

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2017.26.1

Restrictions & Rights: © Bruce Davidson/ Magnum Photos. Permission required for use.

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Portfolio/Series: Time of Change
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph album owned by Emily Howland

Manufactured by: James B. Smith & Co., American
Signed by: Lacy, Caroline N., American, 1838 - 1898
Received by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
Subject of: Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913; Menard, John Willis, American, 1838 - 1893; Sumner, Charles, American, 1811 - 1874; Child, Lydia Maria, American, 1802 - 1880; Channing, William Henry, American, 1810 - 1884; Phillips, Wendell, American, 1811 - 1884; Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872

Medium: leather, metal, and ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W x D (closed): 6 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (15.9 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm); H x W (open with clasps): 6 1/4 × 11 in. (15.9 × 27.9 cm); H x W (open without clasps): 6 1/4 × 9 in. (15.9 × 22.9 cm); H x W x D (Storage container): 5 7/8 × 11 1/4 × 11 7/16 in. (15 × 28.5 × 29 cm)

Type: photograph albums

Place used: Camp Todd, Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1864

Caption: Caroline “Carrie” Nichols (later Carrie N. Lacy; see 2017.30.13) presented this carte-de-visite album to her friend and fellow teacher Emily Howland on January 1, 1864, at Camp Todd, a freedmen’s camp and school located in Arlington, Virginia. Emily Howland was an abolitionist, educator, philanthropist, and suffragist who founded, financially supported, and taught in numerous schools for African Americans for more than 70 years from 1857 until her death in 1929 at the age of 101.; Typical of a CDV album during this period, the Howland Album contains photographs of Howland’s family, friends, and colleagues, as well as souvenir images of notable abolitionists and famous figures during the 1860s and 1870s. Based on the photograph dates and later inscriptions, it is clear that Howland added photographs to the album as she collected them throughout the mid- to late 19th century.
Description: Black leather photograph album owned by Emily Howland containing photographs of friends, family, and celebrities. The album covers and binding are made from embossed black leather with gold gilt decorations on the covers and spine. Both covers are the same, with a scallop-edged diamond outlined in gold at the center and geometric borders surrounding it, ending in a thin gold gilt geometric border around the edges. Gilt text is stamped on the spine reading "PHOTOGRAPHS". The front and back interior covers have decorative paper with small gold repeating stylized dots on a white ground adhered to them. There are four (4) sheets of paper at the front of the album, followed by twenty-five (25) thicker pages that each feature a window for holding two (2) photographs per page, and one (1) sheet of paper at the back of the album. There is room for fifty (50) photographs, though the album contains only forty-seven (47) photographs plus one (1) loose photograph too large to fit into the windowed pages. Windows 20, 21, and 47 are empty. The windows are rectangular with rounded corners and are surrounded by a gold printed border. The front pages include a page with information about the album publisher and an Index page with two printed columns of numbered lines for identifying the photographs. The Index page is not filled out. There is an inscription written in black ink on the first page that reads "To / Emily Howland / From her friend / Carrie Nichols / Jan 1st, 1864 / Camp Todd / Virginia". All of the interior pages are edged in gilt with a design impressed into the top, right side, and bottom edges of the pages that creates a floral spray when the album is closed. The album fastens on the right side with two (2) metal hinged bars that are attached to the back cover and close over metal pins attached to the front cover. The bars are embellished with a three-dimensional metal design imitating a floral fabric looped through a metal buckle.

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Education; Families; Feminism; Local and regional; Military; Photography; Politics (Practical); Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); Religion; Social reform; United States Colored Troops; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography
Exhibition: Slavery and Freedom
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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

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)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place depicted: Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1875

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".

Topic: African American; 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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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Abby D. Munro

Photograph by: Barnard, George N., American, 1819 - 1902
Subject of: Munro, Abby Davis, American, 1837 - 1913
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.4 × 5.7 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place made: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1876

Description: Carte-de-visite of Abby D. Munro shown in half portrait profile. She is sitting with her back facing foremost but her head turned in profile and her left side facing the camera. Her hair is parted at the center and then braided and wrapped into a bun at the back of her head. She wears a dark bodice with a high neck and a white ruffled lace collar. The print is cut into an oval shape and mounted on the card mount.; Handwritten in graphite on the photograph below the image is the text "A. D. Manro Charleston" and "Miss Abby D. Manro 1876" is handwritten in ink on the mount below the print. There is a mark on the back of the photograph for Barnard's studio.; 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 "BARNARD 1876 / 263 King St. Charleston".

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Communities; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.16

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Tintype portrait of Miss Allen

Created by: Unidentified
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 1 15/16 × 1 11/16 in. (4.9 × 4.3 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 3 7/8 × 2 5/16 in. (9.8 × 5.9 cm)

Type: tintypes; portraits

Place used: United States, North and Central America

Date: 1865

Description: Tintype of Miss Allen shown in bust portrait. She is turned one quarter to her left, but is looking at the camera. Her cheeks are tinted pink. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered in a chignon at the nape of her neck. She wears a light colored blouse with a dark oval brooch pinned at her front neck. A long, dark, single strand beaded necklace is around her neck. The tintype is placed in its original "Potters Patent" die-cut paper frame, with an oval cut out to display the image. Around the cut out is a heavily ornate embossed frame.; Handwritten in graphite on the mount below the tintype is the text "Miss Allen Freedmen / teacher / 1865"; The tintype is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.23

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Carte-de-visite portrait of Anna M. Stanton

Photograph by: Horning's Photographic Rooms, American
Subject of: Stanton, Anna M., American, 1832 - 1915
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 15/16 × 2 1/4 in. (10 × 5.7 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/8 × 2 7/16 in. (10.5 × 6.2 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place made: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1869-1877

Description: 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. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Anne M. Stanton" and in the lower left corner of the album page is the text "ANNE M. STANTON?".

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Communities; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.25

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Emma V. Brown

Photograph by: M.P & A.I. Rice, American, 1874 - 1876
Subject of: Montgomery, Emma V., American, 1846 - 1902; Rice, Moses P., born 1839
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (9.2 × 5.8 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place used: United States, North and Central America

Date: 1874-1876

Description: Carte-de-visite of Emma V. Brown shown in half portrait. Her body faces the camera but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off frame. Her hair is gathered loosely and in long ringlets that hang down behind her head. She wears a dark bodice with a ruffled front and collar with a white ruffled lace standing collar under it. A circular brooch is pinned at her center front neck. She wears circular dangling earrings. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.; Handwritten in ink below the photograph on the mount is the text, "Emma V. Brown / my pupil & friend". There is a mark for M.P & A.I. Rice 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 "E. V. Brown" and at the bottom left of the album page is the text "M P Rice / 1217 Washington DC".

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Communities; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.37

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Miss Laura W. Stebbins

Photograph by: Thompson, Lucius
Subject of: Stebbins, Laura W., American, 1821 - 1870
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 1/4 in. (8.7 × 5.7 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place made: Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1865

Description: Carte-de-visite of Miss Laura W. Stebbins shown in bust portrait. She is facing the camera directly. Her hair is parted and smoothed down tightly then gathered behind her head. She wears a dark colored bodice with a plain white collar and a large oval brooch is pinned at her center front neck. The edges of the image are purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.; Handwritten in graphite below the image on the photograph is the text "Miss Laura W. Stebbins" with "died 1870" written below the print on the mount. Printed on the back of the photograph is the text "L. Thompson / 12 Shetucket St., Norwich, Conn."; 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 bottom left of the album page is the text "L. THOMPSON / Norwich Conn. Died 1870".

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Communities; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.38

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Eugene Dowe

Photograph by: Thompson, Lucius
Subject of: Dow, Francis Eugene, American, 1842 - 1924
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 1/4 in. (8.7 × 5.7 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place made: Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1865

Description: Carte-de-visite of Eugene Dowe shown in bust portrait. He faces the camera directly and his hair is parted on his right side and smoothed down on the top of his head, but left curling on the sides. He has a mustache. Dowe wears a dark colored jacket and vest, a white shirt, and a light colored bowtie. The edges of the image are purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.; Handwritten in graphite on the bottom of the print is the text "Eugene Dowe". Printed on the back of the photograph is the text "L. Thompson / 12 Shetucket St., Norwich, Conn."; The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.39

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Sally Cadwallader Ely

Photograph by: Phillips, Henry C., American, 1843 - 1911
Subject of: Ely, Sarah Cadwallader, American, 1836 - 1918
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.1 × 5.8 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.1 × 6.2 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place made: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1862-1869

Description: Carte-de-visite of Sarah "Sally" Cadwallader Ely shown in three-quarter length portrait. She is seated with her body turned so that her left side is foremost to the camera. Her right arm is propped on a table covered with a floral cloth and her right hand is resting on her right cheek. Her left arm rests in her lap and she is holding a book with her thumb inside the pages and the book partially open. Her hair is parted at the center and then pinned in ringlets on the sides of her head. Her cheeks are tinted pink. She wears a dark colored dress with a high neck, full-length fitted sleeves, a fitted bodice, and a full skirt. The heavily decorative carved back of the chair she is seated in is partially visible behind her. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.; Handwritten in graphite at the bottom of the print and onto the mount is the text "1868 / Sally Cadwallader Ely". Printed on the back of the photograph is a mark for H.C. Phillips.; The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten on the album page in the lower left corner in graphite is the text "H C PHILLIPS".

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Communities; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.4

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Nancy M. Johnson

Photograph by: Unidentified
Subject of: Johnson, Nancy Maria, American, 1794 - 1890
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 7/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.9 × 5.5 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place used: United States, North and Central America

Date: ca. 1875

Description: Carte-de-visite of Nancy Maria Donaldson Johnson shown in half portrait. She is turned one quarter to her right and looks off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and smoothed down to just above her ears where it is curled in ringlets. She wears an ornate lace and ribbon cap with lace tails on the back part of her head. She has on a dark colored bodice with a black velvet yoke embellishment, a white lace collar, and a chatelaine is pinned at her center front neck with the chain extending underneath and below her lace collar toward her left side waist. There is a gold border around the outside edge of the front of the mount.; The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite on the album page below the printed frame of the window is the text "Mrs. Johnson Washington sister of / Lived to be over 90."

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.40

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Ann Donaldson

Photograph by: Ulke, Julius, German-American, 1833 - 1910
Subject of: Donaldson, Mary Ann, American, 1798 - 1881
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 7/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.9 × 5.5 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place made: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1875

Description: Carte-de-visite of Mary Ann Donaldson shown in half portrait. She is turned one quarter to her left and looks off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and smoothed down to just above her ears where it is curled in ringlets. She wears a white lace cap with lace tails and black rosettes at the ears on the back part of her head. She has on a dark colored bodice and a white lace collar. Printed below the image is the text "JULIUS ULKE, WASH., D.C.".; There is a mark for Julius Ulke 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 on the album page below the printed frame of the window is the text "Miss Donaldson of Washington."

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.41

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Sidney Taliaferro

Photograph by: H. D. Garns & Co., American
Subject of: Boyer, Sidney Taliaferro, American, 1854 - 1927
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.3 × 5.9 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.4 × 6.3 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place made: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1881

Description: Carte-de-visite of Sidney Taliaferro shown in half portrait. Her body is facing the camera but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off frame. Her arms are crossed in front of her chest and resting on a table in front of her. Taliaferro's hair is pulled tightly into small coils on the top of her head. She wears a medium colored bodice with button detailing on the cuffs of the sleeves, a white lace standing collar, and a dark colored kerchief with white polka dots is gathered around her neck and pinned at the front with a stylized leaf brooch. Printed below the image is the text "H.D. Garns & Co. Philada.".; Handwritten in graphite on the back of the photograph at the top is "Sidney Taliafero 1881". There is a mark for H.D. Garns & Co. printed on the back with "12884" written below in graphite.; The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.

Topic: African American; Communities; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); Women

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.42

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Carte-de-visite portrait of Walter W. Johnson

Photograph by: Ulke, Henry, German-American, 1821 - 1910
Subject of: Johnson, Walter W., American, 1836 - 1879
Owned by: Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.3 × 5.5 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.8 × 6.2 cm)

Type: cartes-de-visite; albumen prints; portraits

Place made: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1868

Description: Carte-de-visite of Walter W. Johnson shown in half portrait. Johnson is turned one quarter to his right and looks off camera. His hair is moderately long and wavy and he has a full beard and mustache. His cheeks are tinted pink. He wears a dark jacket with wide notched lapels, a dark vest, a white shirt, and a dark bowtie. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.; Handwritten in graphite at the bottom of the print is the text "Walter W. Johnson / killed by falling down the / shaft of a mine in Va. 25 Jan. / 1879". There is a mark for Henry Ulke on the back of the print.; The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.

Topic: African American; Antislavery; Education; Photography; Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number: 2017.30.6

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Collection title: Emily Howland Photograph Album
Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Media Arts-Photography

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Letter to Arthur J. and June Schmidt from Carol Ann and Terry Parssinen

Written by: Parssinen, Carol Ann, American
Subject of: Parssinen, Terry M., American, born 1941; Schmidt, Arthur J., American; Schmidt, June, American; Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; Grinnell College, American, founded 1846

Medium: ink on paper, metal
Dimensions: H x W: 7 3/16 × 5 1/16 in. (18.3 × 12.8 cm)

Type: letters (correspondence)

Place made: Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States, North and Central America

Date: April 8,1968

Description: Handwritten letter to Arthur J. "Bud" Schmidt and his wife June Schmidt from her sister, Carol Ann Parssinen and her husband Terry Parssinen. The letter was written by Carol Parssinen. The four-page letter is written in blue ink on ruled paper. The pages are stapled together in the top left corner. The content of the letter deals with the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. particularly Bud Schmidt's participation in the memorial march in Memphis and the reactions of the community of Grinnell College in Iowa.

Topic: African American; Civil rights; Communities; Education; Families; Race relations; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Arthur J. "Bud" Schmidt

Object number: 2017.71.1

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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