Carte-de-visite of a Black woman with a white infant in Argentina
date: label: Date
content: 1895
name: label: Photograph by
content: Juan Pia, Argentine
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone carte-de-visite of a young black woman holding a white infant. Captured seated on a carved wooden chair, a woman with dark hair holds a baby on her lap. The woman wears a high-necked printed dress with smocking at the chest and balloon sleeves at the shoulders. She wears a ring on the ring finger of her proper left hand. The baby wears a long white gown with extended lace collar. Below the image, on the card mount in brown ink is: [Juan Pia / BUENOS AIRES / 442, Plaza Victoria, 442].
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the carte-de-visite are several detailed ink stamps, including the photographer’s information. From top to bottom, they say: [September 1895 / Abrillantados Extra / Fotografia / Esmero / en el / TRABAJO / Juan Pia / 442, Plaza Victoria, 442 / Buenos Aires].
place: label: Place captured
content: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Latin America, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
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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 purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.10.7.3
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 9/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9 × 5.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.3 × 6.3 cm)