Tintype of a young woman with a white child
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A young black woman wearing a white apron over a polkadot print dress stands next to a white toddler in cape and bonnet. Both the woman's and the child's cheeks have been hand-tinted pink. The photograph is in an oval frame.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Youth
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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: 2008.9.6
objectType: label: Type
content: tintypes
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: silver on iron photographic plates
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2008.9.6a): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 7/16 in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2008.9.6b): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 3/8 in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1 cm)