- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Smith, Abby Hadassah, American, 1797 - 1878
- Smith, Julia Evelina, American, 1792 - 1886
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (9.2 × 5.7 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Abby Hadassah Smith and Julia Evelina Smith shown in full portrait. The Smith sisters are shown standing with one shown in profile with her left side facing the camera. She looks at her sister standing to her right, who is facing the camera but looks off frame to her right. Both women wear dark colored bonnets, dark duster coats over their dresses, and have large paisley shawls draped over their arms around their backs. They stand in front of a wall with decorative wallpaper on the lower portion and behind a small wooden table.
- Handwritten in graphite on the mount below the print is the text, "Abby Julia". On the back of the photograph, handwritten in graphite, is the text, "The Smith sisters / Glastonbury / Conn. / 1877".
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Abby + Julia Smith of Conn." Handwritten at the lower left corner of the album page in graphite is the text "SMITH SISTERS - 1877".
- Place depicted
- Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Suffrage
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




