Tintype of a woman standing

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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 depicting standing woman wearing a full dark dress with a white collar. She wears a long beaded necklace that is tucked into the belt around her waist. The woman's left hand rests on a prop pillar with a book on it, and her right hand hangs at her side. Studio backdrop has fluted column at right but is otherwise blank. Attached to the back of the tintype is a paper label wih the photographer's information: [J. Fenton's Photography / No. 721 South St.

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