Carte-de-visite portrait of Sidney Taliaferro
date: label: Date
content: 1881
name: label: Photograph by
content: H. D. Garns & Co., American
label: Subject of
content: Sidney Taliaferro Boyer, American, 1854 - 1927
label: Owned by
content: Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Carte-de-visite of Sidney Taliaferro shown in half portrait. Her body is facing the camera but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off frame. Her arms are crossed in front of her chest and resting on a table in front of her. Taliaferro's hair is pulled tightly into small coils on the top of her head. She wears a medium colored bodice with button detailing on the cuffs of the sleeves, a white lace standing collar, and a dark colored kerchief with white polka dots is gathered around her neck and pinned at the front with a stylized leaf brooch. Printed below the image is the text "H.D. Garns & Co. Philada.".
label: Description
content: Handwritten in graphite on the back of the photograph at the top is "Sidney Taliafero 1881". There is a mark for H.D. Garns & Co. printed on the back with "12884" written below in graphite.
label: Description
content: The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
place: label: Place made
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Emily Howland Photograph Album
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.30.42
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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 (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.3 × 5.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.4 × 6.3 cm)