- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Polk, Malenda
- Owned by
- Hattie Durr Whiddon Graham, American, 1873 - 1950
- Date
- late 19th century
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (card): 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)
- H x W (image): 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (14 x 9.5 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white cabinet card photograph of Malenda Polk wearing a white, high collar dress. She is standing in front of a gray colored back drop next to a chair covered in furs. Written in pencil at the bottom of the photograph is “Friend of the Family.” Written below the photograph on the card stock is “Malenda Polk.” There are no inscriptions on the back.
- Collection title
- Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham Collection of Family Photographs
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- 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
- 2014.61.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




