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Schomburg Tintype collection.

Title
  1. Schomburg Tintype collection.
Published by
  1. 1850-1879.
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Additional authors
  1. Ball, James Presley, 1825-1904
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, compiler.
Description
  1. 0.76 linear feet (2 boxes)
Summary
  1. The Schomburg Tintype collection dates from the 1850s through the 1870s, and consists of sixteen tintypes. The portraits depict primarily Black families, couples, and individuals, posed in a portrait style, photographs taken by Black photographers, and most likely enslaved Black women with the white children in their care.
Subject
  1. African American portrait photographers
  2. African Americans > History > 19th century
  3. Portrait photography
Genre/Form
  1. Tintypes (photographs)
Call number
  1. SCP 186133
Source (note)
  1. Source of acquisition is unknown.
Title
  1. Schomburg Tintype collection.
Production
  1. 1850-1879.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
Source
  1. Source of acquisition is unknown.
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Occupation
  1. Photographers.
Added author
  1. Ball, James Presley, 1825-1904, photographer.
  2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, compiler.
Research call number
  1. SCP 186133
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