Photograph of Mollie Anderson
date: label: Date
content: 1887-1899
name: label: Photograph by
content: Staley Bros., American, 1887 - 1931
label: Subject of
content: Mollie Anderson
label: Subject of
content: Laura Townsend Bone Moore, American, 1878 - 1968
label: Owned by
content: Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Mollie Anderson taken by the Staley Bros. in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Anderson is captured full-length and posed next to a chair’s back, resting her proper right hand on it. She is wearing a dark color, floor-length dress with long sleeves slightly puffed at the shoulders and a hair piece. A horizonal crease cuts across the center of the photograph, which backed by cardboard that has suffered losses at the top corners. On the back are two inscriptions written in pencil: [Mollie Anderson] at the top center and [L. M. Townsend] vertically on the left.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.36.125
objectType: label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: photographs
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: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (13.3 x 8.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (9.5 × 5.7 cm)