Tintype of a woman carrying a medical bag
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1890s
- Medium
- collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 3/8 × 2 3/8 in. (8.6 × 6 cm)
- Caption
- The woman in this occupational tintype is unidentified, but she bears a strong resemblance to Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser (1850-1933). An 1876 graduate of Syracuse University College of Medicine, Fraser became the fourth African American female doctor in the United States. She was one of the first female doctors to specialize in obstetrics and pediatrics and was a mentor to black midwives throughout her career.
- Description
- A tintype occupational portrait of a woman, likely a doctor or possibly a nurse or midwife, carrying a medical bag. The woman is standing tall at the center of the image, looking directly at the camera. She carries a medical bag in her proper left hand. She wears a dark-colored top hat, a two-layered ruffled waist-length cape, a bow tied at the neck, dark-colored gloves, and a long skirt. She is posed in a studio setting, in front of a landscape backdrop.
- Place collected
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- tintypes
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.37.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.