Cabinet card of an unidentified child wearing a christening gown
date: label: Date
content: 1890s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Adt & Brother Portrait Studio, American, founded 1886
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: This cabinet card has a photographic print of an unidentified infant wearing a long christening gown and seated on a piece of furniture covered in a blanket or rug with a dark ground and light woven floral pattern. The child clasps its hands in its lap. The text "Adt. Waterbury, Conn." is printed along the bottom of the card mount. The reverse of the card mount has printed text reading "Adt. / The ADT & BROTHER / PORTRAIT / STUDIO / 56 BANK ST., WATERBURY, / CONN. / Manufacturers / of Picture Frames / DUPLICATES / AT REDUCED RATES."
place: label: Place made
content: Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Photograph album of Allston family and other portraits
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Keith M. Jones in honor of Lonnie Bunch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.31.1
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver on paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)