Photograph by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Mattie Jones  Search this

Owned by:

Hattie Durr Whiddon Graham, American, 1873 - 1950  Search this

Medium:

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions:

H x W (card): 3 1/2 x 3 in. (8.9 x 7.6 cm)

H x W (image): 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. (4.1 x 3.8 cm)

Type:

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Date:

ca. 1870

Description:

A sepia toned cartes-de-visite photograph of a woman wearing a white dress with puffy shoulders and earrings. The photograph is in a cream colored card. Written at the bottom of the card is "Mattie Jones Old Friend." There is no inscription on the back.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Families  Search this

Photography  Search this

U.S. History, 1865-1921  Search this

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:

2014.61.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham Collection of Family Photographs

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54c08c099-48e1-461a-8ab1-64e495c5da42

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.61.1