unknown, fl. 1860; [Cased tintype depicting young African American woman reading]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09714 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1860; Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1860 Pagination: 1 tintype: case with cloth and brass inlay: black and maroon; 9.1 x 5.8 cm. Order a Copy
One cased tintype depicting a young African American woman reading dated approximately 1860. She is wearing a formal dress and is seated in a parlor chair. Photograph stored in a black wooden case with a small hook.
Tintypes were popular in the United States in the 1860s through the early 1900s. Cased tintypes and daguerreotypes were popular from the 1840s through the 1860s.
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