Cabinet photograph of black man holding a white baby
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1885
name: label: Photograph by
content: Adoniram J. Fisher, American, 1843 - 1915
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone cabinet card photograph of a black man holding a white infant. Captured in front of a plain wall or backdrop, a man with dark hair and moustache, wearing a bright high neck long sleeve shirt, holds a baby in his proper right arm. The baby wears a long white gown and gazes slightly away from the camera. Below the image on the card mount, imprinted in light brown ink is: [A. J. FISHER / TOWANDA, PA.]. On the reverse of the cabinet card is a detailed ink studio logo for the photographer, A.J. Fisher. Several elements are depicted within the logo, to include, flora, various fonts, and a circular sketch of a man fishing in a lake. In small brown ink at the bottom of the logo is: [DUPLICATES / CAN BE HAD / AT ANY TIME.].
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 2020.10.8
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver nitrocellulose on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 11/16 × 4 in. (14.4 × 10.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 6 9/16 × 4 5/16 in. (16.6 × 11 cm)