- Photograph by
- Thomas, Alexander S., American
- Subject of
- Thomas, Alexander S., American
- Date
- ca. 1880
- Medium
- albumen on wove paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 2 15/16 × 2 1/8 in. (7.5 × 5.4 cm)
- H x W (card): 4 3/16 × 2 9/16 in. (10.6 × 6.5 cm)
- Description
- A sepia tone carte-de-visite bust self-portrait of photographer Alexander S. Thomas. Captured in studio, gazing to the left in the encircled photograph is photographer Alexander S. Thomas. He has short and dark wavy hair, a moustache, and wears a bright collared shirt, and dark notched lapel jacket and tie. On the reverse of the photograph card are numerical graphite inscriptions and a large brown vertical imprint of the photographer’s information: [A. S. Thomas / 166 West Fifth Street / Cincinnati, O.].
- Place captured
- Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Families
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2020.10.4.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




