Photograph of Eva Northrup on the plantation where Harriet Tubman was enslaved
date: label: Date
content: 1940s - 1950s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Eva Stewart Northrup, American, 1890 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Eva Stewart Northrup, great niece of Harriet Tubman, at the plantation in Cambridge, Maryland where Tubman was enslaved. Northrup is pictured in a hat and wide-striped coat over a dark dress, her proper right hand on a the handle of a cast iron well water hand pump. In the background is a field with trees in the distance and another woman at far left. On the back are handwritten inscriptions [Eva at Cambridge Md.] in graphite and [This is the plantation / in Cambridge Maryland where Aunt Harriet was / held a slave] and [When she spoke at the High / school + present / Aunt Harriets / picture / 19], both in blue ink.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.50.14.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (6.4 x 8.9 cm)