Photograph of Bessie Durr in a white dress
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1870
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Bessie Durr, American
label: Owned by
content: Hattie Durr Whiddon Graham, American, 1873 - 1950
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia toned cartes-de-visite photograph of a woman wearing a white dress with puffy shoulders. The dress has a high collar with a large bow at front. The photograph is in a cream colored card with two lines bordering the picture. The inner line is thin while the outer line is much thicker. On the front, at bottom is “Bessie Durr.” There is no inscription on the back.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham Collection of Family Photographs
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Don L. Durrah and D. Simone Durrah Logan in memory of Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham (1873-1950); Christopher Columbus Wayman Whiddon (1894-1973); Lina Irene Jordan Whiddon (1897-1983)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.61.3
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 and silver on photographic paper on card mont
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 3 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (9.2 x 8.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (4.8 x 3.8 cm)