Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of three women standing behind a seated man
1884 - 1898
Montana, 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 cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of three women standing behind a seated man. The seated man is holding a cane with his right hand. His left hand is resting on his knee and holding onto a hat. The woman on the left side of the photograph is wearing a dark colored dress and jacket with a white shirt and dark colored hat. She is holding a guitar with her right hand. The woman in the middle has her right hand resting on the shoulder of the seated man. She is wearing a dark colored dress. The woman on the right side of the photograph is wearing a light colored, patterned dress and a light-colored hat. She is holding two books in her hand. Printed on the card beneath the photograph is “O. S. Goff” and “Fort Custer, Mont.” The back of the card is blank.
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Catalog reference: 2016.5.2.25
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