Photographic print of Lewis Garner
date: label: Date
content: late 1880s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Lewis Garner, American, 1883 - 1962
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Doc Anderson Townsend, American, 1848 - 1927
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a young Lewis Garner taken by Star Gallery in Newton, Illinois. The portrait captures Garner from the chest up and facing forward. He is wearing a light color shirt with a vest and tie. The photograph has a rectangular mat frame and backing, the front decorated with tan floral motifs. On the back at the top is a handwritten inscription in pencil [Compliments of Lewis Garner / to his uncle / Dock Townsend]. Below the inscription is a stamp [[star] / Gallery / Newton, / Ills.]
place: label: Place printed
content: Newton, Jasper County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
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: 2011.36.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver 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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount with graphite and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 1 9/16 × 1 1/4 in. (4 × 3.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (7.9 × 6.4 cm)