Tintype of a young woman with a white child

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A young black woman wearing a white apron over a polkadot print dress stands next to a white toddler in cape and bonnet. Both the woman's and the child's cheeks have been hand-tinted pink. The photograph is in an oval frame.

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