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James T. Alexander, the old and faithful porter of the "Mansion House," drowned in the Lehigh during the freshet of April 1st, 1886

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Title: James T. Alexander, the old and faithful porter of the "Mansion House," drowned in the Lehigh during the freshet of April 1st, 1886
Creator: Zellner, James, 1836-1897
Contributor: Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1886
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana
Rights Information: Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description: Cabinet card photograph portrait of James T. Alexander, an African American man who worked as a porter at the Mansion House hotel of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. In the portrait Alexander holds a Mansion House porter's cap.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
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Title from printed caption on mount.
"Copyright 1886, by J. S. Wibirt, Mauch Chunk, Pa."
Photographer's name printed on verso of mount: "Zelner, Photographer, Susquehanna St., Cor. Race, Mauch Chunk."
Mauch Chunk, Penn.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph : black and white albumen print on card mount ; 17 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb02133182
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Photographs
African Americans
Mauch Chunk (Pa.)
Place: Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

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