[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Antique Photographs with Black Subjects
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A group of 8 images featuring Black subjects, including:
World War II portrait of a Technician Fifth Grade. With insignia of a letter T below 2 chevrons. The rank existed from 1942 to 1948 to recognized enlisted soldiers with special technical skills but were not trained as combat leaders. -- Albumen cabinet card full-length studio portrait of a well dressed young man with a hat, handkerchief, watch fob, and walking stick. Belfast, New York: Brewer's Art Studio. Imprint to mount recto. -- Cabinet card three-quarter length studio portrait of a man in a suit. Jersey City, New Jersey: Steiner. Imprint to mount recto. -- Cabinet card outdoor view of a older Black man wearing an apron and holding a basin next to a white infant in a pram with their nanny standing behind. Springfield, Illinois: Burleigh. Embossed imprint to mount recto. Period pencil inscription to verso reads: "Mrs. J B Wiggins / John Johnson / and The Settle Droil?". -- Full-length portrait of a young girl standing upon a stool. -- Real photo postcard of an outdoor of a gathering showing 12 figures a ta table. Pencil inscription to verso reads: " Virginia Pearl Bailey 1922-1929 a valentine." -- Portrait of a young Black woman and a young white boy. Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Franklin & Cottage City, Massachusetts: Chamberlain. Imprint to mount verso. -- Cabinet card full-length studio portrait of an older man holding a walking stick and wearing a hat.
[Early Photography, Albumens, CDV, Carte de Visite, Cabinet Card, Real Photo Postcards]
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