Cabinet card of Blanch E. Townsend
date: label: Date
content: 1896-1898
name: label: Photograph by
content: Herstein Gallery, American, 1873 - 1904
label: Subject of
content: Blanch E. Townsend, American, 1876 - 1898
notes: label: Description
content: A cabinet card photograph of Blanch E. Townsend by Herstein Gallery. She is shown, unsmiling, in the center of the image facing slightly to the left of the camera. Her upper torso and head are visible. Townsend is wearing a high-collar garment with ruffles or bows at the shoulder and embellished trim. There is text for the Herstein's Centennial Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee at the bottom. The photograph has significant surface abrasions and fading. On the back of the photograph is a handwritten note in pencil [Miss Blanch E. Townsend / Winchester / Tenn.].
place: label: Place captured
content: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Women
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: 2011.36.5.2
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver 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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (13.9 × 9.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)