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Photograph portrait of an unidentified woman

1906-1912

Hartford, 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 photographic print of an unidentified woman is cut into an oval and mounted on a textured paper card mount. The portrait depicts a woman gazing at the camera and wearing a dark-colored bodice with a high collar. She has spectacles and a flower-shaped brooch at the center front of her collar. She also wears a large heart-shaped necklace. Text embossed into the lower right corner of the card mount reads "The Oliver Studio / 253 Main St. / Hartford, Conn." The reverse of the card is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2009.31.23

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