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Title: Tintype photograph of an African American boy
Creator: Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Contributor: Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1870?
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: Studio portrait tintype of an African American boy. The boy, dressed in a light-colored fitted wool jacket and dark pants, leans one arm on an upholstered armrest or chair. A painted studio backdrop completes the scene.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
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Title devised by cataloger.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph : tintype ; visible image 8 x 5 cm, in paper frame 11 x 7 cm
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb3285019n
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: African Americans
Photographs
Nineteenth century

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