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Tintype of a girl in a plaid dress

1870s

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

Tintype of young girl sitting in fancy plaid dress with a white bow in her hair. She is leaning to the proper right and resting on the arm of a chair. The tintype is framed in an oval mat with a gold frame. The tintype is in a case with a floral design on the front and back. The inside of the case, opposite the tintype is velvet with an embossed floral design.

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Catalog reference: 2014.312.115

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