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Tintype of two children

1856-1900

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

A tintype of two unidentified African American children. An older boy sitting on the left wears a coat and breeches. The second child, possibly an unbreeched boy, wears a checkered dress with buttons from neck to waist.

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Catalog reference: 2010.36.11.10

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