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Portrait of a black early Californian woman, possibly a slave, holding a light skinned baby, possibly white, between 1850-1865

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Title: Portrait of a black early Californian woman, possibly a slave, holding a light skinned baby, possibly white, between 1850-1865
Alternative Title: Unidentified black early Californians
Contributor: Early California, 1781-1920
Date Created and/or Issued: 1850/1865
[1850-1865]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Studio portrait of a black early Californian woman (Possibly a slave) wearing a satin dress and a headscarf, holding a light skinned baby (possibly white), in a decorative, embossed frame.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b04_f18_002.tif
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Subject: African American women
Children
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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