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Title
Photograph of an African American man in San Jose, California
Creator
Hawes, A. L. (Alvin Lawrence), 1850-1884
Contributor
Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued
1880?
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
Tintype of a young African American man standing in a makeshift studio
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
Still image
Ink stamped on verso of cardboard frame: Photograph Car, corner of Eldorado and First St., San Jose. A.L. Hawes, artist
Title devised by cataloger
San Jose, Calif.
A.L. Hawes
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : tintype ; image 70 x 40 mm, frame 100 x 60 mm
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb2602409r
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
African Americans
Photographs
Nineteenth century
San Jose (Calif.)
Place
San Jose (Calif.)

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