Carte-de-visite of Lt. Governor Oscar J. Dunn
date: label: Date
content: 1868-1871
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Lieutenant Governor Oscar J. Dunn, American, 1826 - 1871
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: An albumen print carte-de-visite portrait of Lt. Governor Oscar J. Dunn. He is photographed standing with his right foot slightly forward than his left and has his left arm resting on a pedestal. He is wearing a dark colored suit, vest and a bowtie. A watch chain is visible on the right side of his vest. He is looking directly at the camera. The photograph is inscribed on at the top and bottom of the front. At the bottom, handwritten in black ink, is: [Lieut Gov. Oscar J. Dunn / of Louisiana].
place: label: Place captured
content: Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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: 2018.62
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
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 and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 9/16 × 2 in. (9.1 × 5.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (mounting board): 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 × 1/16 in. (35.3 × 27.8 × 0.1 cm)