Cabinet card of an unidentified woman

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 woman looking to her right. She wears a bodice with puffed sleeves and a dark ruffled lace collar. A cartouche and banner with the text "ART STUDIO" inside the banner is printed on the bottom of the card mount. Beneath it is the text "CRAMER & KING / NEW HAVEN, CONN." Printed on the reverse of the mount is a design of a winged cherub on the right taking a photograph of a woman in Classical style dress who sits on the left. Text in the upper right reads "PHOTOGRAPHERS / CRAMER & KING / 818 CHAPEL STREET / NEW HAVEN / CONN / SOLAR ENLARGEMENTS / DUPLICATES / CAN BE HAD / AT ANY TIME."

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