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African Americans -- Photography -- Specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

A young woman at work in the kitchen

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.18.2.1
Scope and Contents

Stereoscopic image featuring a young woman standing in a kitchen table holding a milk pitcher. On the table is a rolling pin, mixing bowl, and other implements.

Dates: 1747 - 1985

African American child, 1897

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.1
Scope and Contents

"6050 - I isn't bin borned very long." Stereoview of a young bald African American child of unknown gender, sitting on a porch.


Peach colored mount, rounded corners with imprint to left and right of the images, caption underneath.

Dates: 1897

African American father and son, 1890s

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.OVRSZ 1
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of an African man, pictured seated in a double-breasted suit, with his young son pictured standing beside him. Possibly residents of Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1890s

African American mother and child, 1890s

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.OVRSZ 1
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of a young African American mother with her young child; possibly residents of Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1890s

African American woman, 1868 - 1878

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.1
Scope and Contents

Carte de Visit albumen print photograph of an African American woman.


Imprint on reverse reads Silva's Photographic Rooms, 64 Third St, cor. Mission, San Francisco.

Dates: 1868 - 1878

African American woman breastfeeding a child, 1897

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.1
Scope and Contents

"6054 - A free lunch." Stereoview of a young African American woman breastfeeding a child of unknown gender, sitting on a porch.


Peach colored mount, rounded corners with imprint to left and right of the images, caption underneath.

Dates: 1897

Couple dressed for cold weather, 1950s

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.9.10.8
Scope and Contents

Snapshot of a smiling adult woman wearing a fur jacket, pictured seated along side an adult male dresssed in coat and leather gloves.

Dates: 1950s

Family portrait

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.12.6.1
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait featuring an adult woman, pictured seated and surrounded by five young children.

Dates: 1747 - 1985

Portrait of a finely dressed man

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.14.11.12
Scope and Contents

Half-body studio portrait featuring a man, pictured wearing a fedora and a neck tie printed with a horse's head.

Dates: 1747 - 1985

Portrait of a man

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.13.3.1
Scope and Contents

Studio head-shot featuring a moustached man in suit coat and tie.

Dates: 1747 - 1985