Photograph by
Green, John, American
Subject of
Harden, Adela
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
collodion and silver on iron with lacquer with ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 1 15/16 in. (8 × 5 cm)
H x W (card): 4 11/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11.9 × 7.7 cm)
Caption
John Green was a Black photographer who owned a photography studio in Denver, Colorado that he operated in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Description
A hand-tinted tintype portrait of a small child identified as Adela Harden, captured by photographer John Green. The child is wearing a light garment, patterned stockings, dark boots, and a pearl type necklace and is seated on a piece of furniture covered with a patterned cloth with fringed edges. The image is attached to a faded pink paper card. The rectangular image window has a rounded top. The image window is bordered by red lines. The outer edge of the card is bordered by a repeating pattern in red. The back of the card is stamped with an oval stamp, the border of which matches the border decoration around the image window. Inside the border are the words [John Green / PHOTOGRAPHER / Cor. 18th & Market Sets. / Denver Colorado.] Along the left edge handwritten vertical text that reads [Adela Harden].
Place made
Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
tintypes
portraits
Topic
American West
Business
Children
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2014.37.13.4
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f3fda518-98e7-4919-920f-ee8876773d07

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