Carte-de-visite of barber Jean Jacques Desiré
date: label: Date
content: July 10, 1862
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Jean Jacques Desiré, born 1779
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone carte-de-visite of barber Jean Jacques Desiré. Captured in front of a curtained wall and column, Jean Jacques Desiré, white-haired, stands looking directly at the camera with his proper left hand resting on a wooden spindle back chair. He wears a long dark collared jacket, bowtie, white shirt, dark trousers and shoes.
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the carte-de-visite are graphite and ink inscriptions. The primary inscription, written by the Baltimore, Maryland merchant Henry Schroeder Taylor, reads: [Jean Jacques Desiré was born Jany. 1st 1779 in Hayti [sic] - he came to the United States when 13 years old, and has been a barber in Baltimore since 1800. He shaved my father the day he was married, and after powdered my grandfather's hair (Henry Schroeder), and arranged his cue - He has been married twice, and has had 19 children, the youngest of whom is now 5 years old - Picture taken July 10th 1862. / H.S.T.].
place: label: Place captured
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Barbershops
label: Topic
content: Immigration
label: Topic
content: Men
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: 2020.10.6
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
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 on wove paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.1 × 5.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6 cm)