Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Mary Harris
most likely 1894
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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 black-and-white photograph of Mary Harris cropped into a diamond shape and mounted on cardboard by Metzger & Babb, Photographers, in New York, NY. Harris is wearing a light color dress and wearing a light color hair piece. The edge of the cardboard is scalloped. On the back, the name of the sitter at top in pencil [Mary Harris] and printed text on the photography studio [METZGER & BABB / Photographers, / 8 West 14th Street, / New York.].
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Catalog reference: 2011.36.111