African American Portrait Tintypes
name: label: Creator
content: Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
place: label: Place
content: Colorado -- African Americans -- 1880-1900
topic: label: Topic
content: African Americans -- 1880-1900
label: Topic
content: Hats -- 1880-1900 -- Colorado
label: Topic
content: Vests -- 1880-1900 -- Colorado
label: Topic
content: Youths -- African American -- 1880-1900 -- Colorado
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchased by Richard Ahlborn, February 1990 from a dealer in Lyons, Colorado, who believed the tintypes were taken in Colorado. Gift of Mr. Ahlborn to the Archives Center.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
setName: label: See more items in
content: African American Portrait Tintypes
abstract: label: Summary
content: Two tintype portrait busts of two young African American men/boys.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nothing is known about the subjects of the photographs, their origin, or circumstances.  Neither photograph is captioned, and the photographer is unidentified.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1865-1900
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0515
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Portraits
label: Type
content: Tintypes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Heather Van Horn, 6/27/94.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Portraits -- African American men
label: Genre/Form
content: Tintypes -- 1880-1900
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two small portrait busts of young African American men or boys. One wears a jacket and tie. The other tintype, in somewhat worse condition, is bent and abraded and has a hole in the top, and shows a young man wearing a broad-brimmed hat, vest, and jacket, no tie.

No indication of photographer's identity.