Cabinet card of Emma Alice Townsend
date: label: Date
content: 1893-1895
name: label: Photograph by
content: R. E. Hearn, American, 1891 - 1910
label: Subject of
content: Emma Alice Townsend, American, 1854 - 1936
label: Subject of
content: Samuel Houston Singleton, American, 1847 - 1926
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Doc Anderson Townsend, American, 1848 - 1927
notes: label: Description
content: A cabinet card photograph of Emma Alice Townsend by R. E. Hearn photography in Nashville, Tennessee. She wears a lace collar with a large medallion at her throat. Her dress demonstrates a corseted waist with billowing sleeves that gather at the forearm. At bottom is the information for the R. E. Hearn photography studio. The reverse has studio advertisements and handwritten inscription [Alice A. Townsend / Winchester / Houston / Singleton]. Emma Alice Townsend was sometimes referred to as Alice Townsend and one of her brothers was Samuel Houston Singleton.
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: 2011.36.4
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
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 and silver on paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 7/16 × 3 7/8 in. (13.8 × 9.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)