Tintype of Emmaline
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1882
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Emmaline, American, died 1936
notes: label: Caption
content: According to the records of the Old Slave Mart Museum, Emmaline used fabric and buttons from her own clothing to construct this "Mammy" doll for the children of the Montgomery family.
label: Caption
content: William T. Montgomery, the owner of a large plantation in Bolivar County, Missouri, purchased Emmaline in New Orleans in 1841. The enslaved teenage Emmaline was intended as a wedding present for Montgomery's 16-year-old bride, Nancy Ballou. Emmaline was Mrs. Montgomery's personal servant and nurse to the fourteen Montgomery children. After emancipation, Emmaline lived with a grandson of the Montgomery's until her death in 1936.
label: Description
content: Tintype of Emmaline, a formerly enslaved woman. Emmaline is pictured seated in front of a studio backdrop. She wears a skirt, jacket and gloves of the same dark fabric. The jacket has a single row of small buttons up the center. She also wears a white collar with a dark ribbon, earrings, and a small hat. Her proper right arm is down by her side and her proper left hand is on her lap. She is smiling and is looking straight ahead at the camera. There are small losses to the tintype on the lefthand top and bottom corners.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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: 2017.108.7.5
objectType: label: Type
content: tintypes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver on iron photographic plates
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 5/8 × 3 1/8 in. (11.7 × 7.9 cm)