Cabinet card of a baby, Mary Evelina Allston, in a christening gown
date: label: Date
content: 1888
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank H. Woodin, American, 1851 - after 1910
label: Subject of
content: Mary Evelina Allston Da Costa, American, 1888 - 1975
notes: label: Description
content: An albumen print cabinet card portrait of an infant, Mary Evelina Allston, wearing a long christening gown and a necklace. The infant is seated in a chair covered in a dark-colored blanket with a decorative floral design. Text stamped on the reverse of the card mount reads "Woodin / 831 CHAPEL ST. / NEW HAVEN, CT."
place: label: Place made
content: New Haven, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Photograph album of Allston family and other portraits
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Keith M. Jones in honor of Lonnie Bunch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.31.4
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 3/16 in. (16.5 x 10.6 cm)