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Cabinet card of an unidentified man

1888

New Haven, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

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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.

This cabinet card has a photograph of an unidentified man looking directly at the camera and with his left arm behind his back. He holds a walking stick in his right hand and wears a dark-colored double-breasted long coat. The man has a small bouquet of flowers attached to his left lapel and wears a mustache. Text printed on the bottom of the card mount reads "G. W. Babb / 916 CHAPEL STREET, / NEW HAVEN, CONN." The reverse of the card is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2009.31.10

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