Cabinet card of a Mrs. Houston
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1898
name: label: Photograph by
content: Taylor & Wrye, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A cabinet card photograph of Mrs. Houston taken by Taylor and Wyre in Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Houston’s portrait captures her from the chest up, fading out from below her chest. She is wearing a pattered, almost zebra-like, dress with a bow-tie neckline, her hair back, and small dangling earrings. At the bottom margin is printed text about the photography studio [Taylor & Wrye, / Broad and Vine Streets, / Nashville, Tennessee.]. On the back, the sitter's name written at top in pencil [Mrs. Houston.].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.36.103
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: albumen prints
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: albumen and silver on paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)