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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of Reverend Baker

late 1880s-1890s

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A cabinet card photograph of Reverend Baker taken by Staley Bros., photographers in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Rev. Baker from the knees up, standing and slightly to the left. He is wearing a long trench coat, is wearing a ring in his proper left pinky, and is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.99
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of Reverend R. G. Garner

1884-1906

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A cabinet card photograph of Reverend R. G. Garner of Mattoon, IL. Garner is captured from the waist up and is looking directly at the camera. He wears a dark color three-piece suit with a bow tie and presumably a watch chain hanging on his proper left…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.102
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Cabinet card of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely

November 1884

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A black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely. Crozely faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.49.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Cabinet card of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely

November 1884

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A black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely. Crozely faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.49.5
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Cabinet card of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely

November 1884

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely. Crozely faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.49.6
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Cabinet card of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley

November 1884

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A black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley. Crozley faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.49.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of Second Lieutenant Charles Young, 9th Cavalry

ca. 1895

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A black-and-white photograph mounted on a card of Second Lieutenant Charles Young, 9th Cavalry, United States Army. Young is depicted in bust pose with his head and torso turned slightly towards the left edge of the photograph. He has a serious expression…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.78
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Cabinet card of sideshow actor Mianko Karoo

ca. 1890

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This cabinet card image depicts sideshow actor Mianko Karoo exhibiting his exceptional height by standing next to a smaller man. Karoo is shows wearing a tall fur hat with feather plume and a long, dark velvet robe with floral embroidery along the edges…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.9.19
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth

1864

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Cabinet card depicting Sojourner Truth seated, wearing a dark dress and a white shawl and cap. Her right arm is folded at the waist, her left arm is resting on a small table. She holds knitting in her left hand. On the table are a book and a vase of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.207.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of Susan Bell

February-March 5, 1894

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This cabinet card has a photograph of Susan Bell gazing to her right. She wears a dark-colored striped bodice with puffed sleeves and a double row of buttons. The woman has spectacles and a pin at her neck. The text "C. M. BELL / WASHINGTON / D.C." is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.31.8
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of three unidentified children in a garden scene by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

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A black-and-white photograph of three unidentified children photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.7
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of three unidentified children seated on caned sofa by Ball & Sons

1900

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A black-and-white photograph of three unidentified children photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.6
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of three unidentified girls by Ball & Sons

1898

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A black-and-white photograph of three unidentified girls photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of three unidentified women and a child by J. P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

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A black-and-white photograph of three unidentified women and an unidentified child photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with a decorative edge. The name and location of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.68
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of three young women

ca. 1885

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A cabinet card photograph of three young women. The are seated on a straw-sewn floor. There are two hats resting on their dresses in the middle. On the back, the card has a handwritten inscription [From Suzzie / to James].

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.94
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of two unidentified children by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of two unidentified children photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on light-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.11
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of two unidentified children by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of two unidentified children photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.5
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of two unidentified children in communion dress by J. P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified girl and an unidentified boy photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.49
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of two unidentified newlywed couples by Ball & Sons

1898

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A black-and-white photograph of a wedding party photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard that is stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of two unidentified women

ca. 1900

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A cabinet card photograph of two unidentified women taken by Taylor and Wrye in Nashville, Tennessee. The two women are posed with their heads together at the center. The woman on the left is wearing a light color dress and looking off to the right while…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.106
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of two unidentified women and a boy by J. P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of two unidentified women and an unidentified boy photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.57
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of two unidentified women in black dresses by J.P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of two unidentified women photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with decorative edges. The name and location of the photo studio are printed on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.38
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of two unidentified women photographed by J. P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of a two unidentified women photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with decorative edges. The name and location of the photo studio are printed on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.44
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of two unidentified women photographed by J. P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of two unidentified women photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on the front along the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.52
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