Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass with his grandson Joseph Douglass
date: label: Date
content: May 10, 1894
name: label: Photograph by
content: Denis Bourdon, Canadian
label: Photograph by
content: Notman Photo Company, American, 1866 - 1894
label: Subject of
content: Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895
label: Subject of
content: Joseph Henry Douglass, American, 1871 - 1935
notes: label: Caption
content: This carte-de-visite is found in Series 6 of the Charlene Hodges Byrd Collection. This collection documents the personal life and professional career of Charlene Hodges Byrd as well as her related family members from various areas throughout the Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D.C. This collection is comprised of correspondence, ephemera and photographs discussing family life, religion, race, education as well as the family relationship with Frederick Douglass and his family. The collection is available for research by contacting NMAAHC Archives at nmaahc-archivalcollection@si.edu or see our collections in the Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives available here: https://goo.gl/Rwckpe.
label: Description
content: A cabinet card of Frederick Douglass and his grandson Joseph Douglass. Frederick Douglass is featured on the right side of the image and sits in a chair holding papers in his hands atop his lap. Joseph Douglass, in the left side of the image, sits atop a table and holds a violin in his proper right hand. His proper left hand is resting on the back of his grandfather. The bottom of the card has a maker's mark and address for Notman Photographic Company in Boston.
place: label: Place made
content: Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Fatherhood
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Charlene Hodges Byrd Collection
label: Classification
content: Archival Collections
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 Dr. Charlene Hodges Byrd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2010.26.29.8
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: albumen prints
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 mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)