- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Durr, Bessie, American
- Owned by
- Hattie Durr Whiddon Graham, American, 1873 - 1950
- Date
- ca. 1870
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mont
- Dimensions
- H x W (card): 3 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (9.2 x 8.3 cm)
- H x W (image): 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (4.8 x 3.8 cm)
- Description
- A sepia toned cartes-de-visite photograph of a woman wearing a white dress with puffy shoulders. The dress has a high collar with a large bow at front. The photograph is in a cream colored card with two lines bordering the picture. The inner line is thin while the outer line is much thicker. On the front, at bottom is “Bessie Durr.” There is no inscription on the back.
- Collection title
- Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham Collection of Family Photographs
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen 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
- 2014.61.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




