Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Northrup, Eva Stewart, American, 1890 - 1964
Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913
Date
1940s - 1950s
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (6.4 x 8.9 cm)
Description
A black-and-white photograph of Eva Stewart Northrup, great niece of Harriet Tubman, at the plantation in Cambridge, Maryland where Tubman was enslaved. Northrup is pictured in a hat and wide-striped coat over a dark dress, her proper right hand on a the handle of a cast iron well water hand pump. In the background is a field with trees in the distance and another woman at far left. On the back are handwritten inscriptions [Eva at Cambridge Md.] in graphite and [This is the plantation / in Cambridge Maryland where Aunt Harriet was / held a slave] and [When she spoke at the High / school + present / Aunt Harriets / picture / 19], both in blue ink.
Place depicted
Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Topic
Families
Photography
Self-liberation
Slavery
Social reform
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
Object number
2009.50.14.4
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd565e4a227-eb23-445f-afd4-7a7a2d86c8bc

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