Cabinet card of Minerva Singleton
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1880
name: label: Photograph by
content: Richards Photography, American
label: Subject of
content: Minerva Singleton, American, 1824 - 1912
notes: label: Description
content: A cabinet card photograph of Minerva Singleton taken by Richards Photography in Winchester, Tennessee. Singleton is fully captured and she is posed sitting, wearing a long-sleeve, floor-length dark color dress. Her left arm is leaning on a chair. The background has light vegetation around the sides, imitating an outside scenery. On the front of the photograph, the bottom margin has printed information on the photography studio [Richards, EXTRA FINISH. WINCHESTER, TENN.]. On the back of 2011.36.88.1, the Singleton’s name written in black ink at top center [Mrs. Minerva Singleton / Winchester, Tenn.]. The card has scalloped edges.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Winchester, Franklin 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: 2011.36.88.1
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)