Photographic print of a Black nurse with two white children
date: label: Date
content: mid to late 19th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph studio portrait of a Black woman standing behind two white children sitting on an ornate rattan chair. The photograph is mounted to a brown backing board and is cracked and stained through the center of the image diagonally. A studio backdrop with a column is partially visible through the staining. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place collected
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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: 2010.1.116
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
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
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 6 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (17.5 x 12.4 cm)