Ambrotype of three women in dotted calico dresses
date: label: Date
content: 1850-1870
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of three women seated in a row with their arms linked together at the elbows and their hands placed in their laps right-over-left. All three women wear dresses made from a dark fabric with light-colored polka dots. Each wears a small white collar of slightly different styles. The woman in the center and the woman at the right facing side have gold rings on their fingers. All three women wear their hair pulled up in the back of the head. The photograph is housed behind decorative gold foil inside a black leather-covered wood case with a missing lid.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
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: 2014.174.10ab
objectType: label: Type
content: tintypes
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: collodion and silver on glass photographic plates in a foil frame and leather-covered wood case
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1/2 in. (9.5 × 8.3 × 1.3 cm)