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Cabinet card of an unidentified woman

1887-1890

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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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 woman who is gazing to the right. She wears a bodice with a darker-colored striped or waled inset lined with small buttons on either side. She has a coin brooch on a matching ribbon at the center of her high collar. Printed at the bottom of the card mount is the text "Starr / 1320 CHESTNUT ST., / PHILA, PA." Text printed on the reverse of the card reads "J. Starr / Fine Photographs, / 1320 Chestnut Street, / Philadelphia, Pa."

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Catalog reference: 2009.31.19

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