[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 3 quarter plate images of African American women with white children, comprising:  

Quarter plate ambrotype of an antsy infant wearing a white gown, seated on the lap of an African American woman. (Significant loss to emulsion at lower right and near perimeter of plate.) Housed in full pressed paper case (separated at hinge).

[With:] Quarter plate ambrotype of a white child being held by an African American woman. (Significant loss to emulsion, including loss to subjects' faces and near perimeter of plate.) -- Quarter plate tintype of a white child being held by an African American woman. (Image a bit dark, some surface wear, back of plate taped to cover glass.) Images housed together in thermoplastic case with floral design (chipping and surface wear).