Tintype of a child with hat
date: label: Date
content: 1890s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: Tintype depicting a child standing barefoot and holding a hat in his right hand. The child wears a white shirt and pants that fall below his knees. Studio backdrop is blank, but props include two fences flanking the child. Plate is clipped at top and bottom left corners. Image has scratches and losses overall; damage is heaviest at top left and bottom center.
place: label: Place collected
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.132
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: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 3 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (8.3 × 6.7 cm)