Tintype of a young 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.

Tintype depicting a young woman in a dark dress with a white collar and brooch on front of collar. Brooch has been hand-tinted gold, and her cheeks are tinted pink. The photograph is in a white cardboard sleeve with an oval opening to frame the portrait. The outside of the oval frame is elaborately embossed.

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