- Photograph by
- Staley Bros., American, 1887 - 1931
- Subject of
- Anderson, Mollie
- Townsend Bone Moore, Laura, American, 1878 - 1968
- Owned by
- Dr. Townsend, Arthur Melvin Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
- Date
- 1887-1899
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (13.3 x 8.9 cm)
- H x W (image): 3 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (9.5 × 5.7 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Mollie Anderson taken by the Staley Bros. in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Anderson is captured full-length and posed next to a chair’s back, resting her proper right hand on it. She is wearing a dark color, floor-length dress with long sleeves slightly puffed at the shoulders and a hair piece. A horizonal crease cuts across the center of the photograph, which backed by cardboard that has suffered losses at the top corners. On the back are two inscriptions written in pencil: [Mollie Anderson] at the top center and [L. M. Townsend] vertically on the left.
- Place depicted
- Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- albumen prints
- photographs
- portraits
- Topic
- Photography
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.36.125
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




