Carte-de-visite of a woman with birdcages in Napa, California
date: label: Date
content: 1865-1888
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A carte-de-visite of a woman flanked by birdcages. Captured just on the porch of a wood-paneled home, a woman stands gazing directly at the camera. She wears small hoop earrings, dark hat, bright long-sleeve dress with ruffles at the hemline, and a dark sash/tie at her waist and neck, respectively. She holds a small pair of shears in her proper right hand and a stem of roses in her proper left hand. A large rose bush is next to her along the right side of the image, with one branch reaching out across her middle so that several rose blooms appear on her chest against the light dress. At the bottom right corner a figure wearing a dark jacket is seated on the step below the woman, all but the proper right ear and shoulder absent from the camera’s frame. The photograph is bordered by dark brown cardstock. On the reverse of the carte-de-visite are graphite inscriptions “JENNINGS / Napa” along with several numerical inscriptions.
place: label: Place captured
content: Napa, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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: 2020.10.10.17
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
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 on wove paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 13/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.7 × 5.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.4 cm)