On View
Slavery and Freedom Gallery
Exhibition
Slavery and Freedom
Photograph by
Cronyn & Hibbs, American
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Hattie Durr Whiddon Graham, American, 1873 - 1950
Date
1880s - 1900
Medium
photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions
H x W (card): 6 9/16 x 4 1/4 in. (16.7 x 10.8 cm)
H x W (image): 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (14 x 9.8 cm)
Description
A black-and-white cabinet card photograph of a man and woman. The man is sitting in a chair on the left side of the photograph. He is wearing a dark colored suit and his hands are resting on his lap. The woman is standing next to him on the right. She is wearing a dark colored dress and shirt with a white handkerchief tied around her neck. Her right arm is behind the man while her left hand is behind her own back. Written below the picture at the bottom of the card is “mothers friends!!” Printed below the inscription at the bottom of the card is “Cronyn & Gibbs, Railway Photography.”
Collection title
Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham Collection of Family Photographs
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
cabinet photographs
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Topic
Families
Photography
U.S. History, 1865-1921
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Don L. Durrah and D. Simone Durrah Logan in memory of Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham (1873-1950); Christopher Columbus Wayman Whiddon (1894-1973); Lina Irene Jordan Whiddon (1897-1983)
Object number
2014.61.19
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd556ca3615-d637-43ab-a40c-251bd016c591

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