[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 5 ambrotype and tintype portraits of African American subjects, including:

Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of an African American couple, the woman wearing an ornately patterned dress, brooch, and headscarf. (Some wear to image along edge; unsealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case. -- Sixth plate ambrotype portrait of an African American couple, the woman having a fairer complexion than the man. (Some wear to image along edge, light spotting; unsealed.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case. -- Sixth plate tintype portrait of an ample African American baby wearing a gown and sitting on a chair draped in a blanket. (Scratching and spots of loss to image, no mat present; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case. -- And 2 other sixth plate tintype portraits including one housed in a Union case. -- Together, 5 cased images featuring African American subjects.

19th-20th Century Historic Photography Collection of Dr. Joseph T. Pollock

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African Americana

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 5 ambrotype and tintype portraits of African American subjects, including:

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