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Title
Studio portrait of an African American man and woman
Creator
Johnson, J. B
Contributor
Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued
between 1870-1880
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
Carte de visite portrait of a standing African American couple. The man holding his hat and gloves in his right hand, the woman holding a parasol in her left hand. She is wearing gloves. Their free hands are touching, the back of his against her hand and wrist.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
Still image
Name in pencil at top of verso of card mount, "Margaret [I.] Johnson"
"From J. B. Johnson's Photograph Gallery / Gilroy, Cal. / Sun Pearls, Rembrandts, and Cabinet Pictures / from Retouched Negatives."--Verso of card mount.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Gilroy, California :, J. B. Johnson's Photograph Gallery
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 11 x 6 cm (carte de visite format)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb9531128d
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
African American women
African American men
African Americans
Portraits
African American couples
Photographs
Nineteenth century
Gilroy (Calif.)
Place
Gilroy (Calif.)

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