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Carte-de-visite depicting two men standing arm-in-arm

1868

Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

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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.

A carte-de-visite depicting two (2) men standing arm-in-arm, facing the viewer. An unidentified white man is depicted on the left and an unidentified black man is depicted on the right. The man on the left is wearing a three piece suit with a dark suit jacket and matching medium toned pants and vest. He is also wearing a white dress shirt and a dark western style tie. His proper left arm is linked through the arm of the man on the right. He is holding a banded boater hat in his proper left hand at waist level and is resting on a cane held in his proper right hand. The man on the right is wearing a suit with a dark jacket, light pants, light vest, and a white shirt. He holds a black hat in his proper left hand by his side. The verso is white.

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Catalog reference: 2018.17.8

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