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6050 - "I isn't bin borned very long."

1897

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.

This stereograph card depicts a baby sitting on a wooden surface. The baby has a broad smile, wears a loose dress and sits with legs stretched out in front. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical script. On the left side margin is script that reads "Keystone View Company, / Manufacturers and Publishers." Script on the left side margin reads "Meadville, PA. St. louis, MO. / Copyright 1897 by B.L. Singley." On the bottom right margin is script that reads "6050 - “I isn't bin borned very long."

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Catalog reference: 2015.248.4.8

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