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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

African American young men

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

African American man tintype portrait

 File — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 16795
Content Description This collection features one 2.25 X4" tintype photograph of an unidentified African American man dressed in a three-piece suit with a bowtie, pocket square, and derby hat with a sash perched at a stylish angle on his head. The man leans against a marble column against a plain background in a studio. The tintype was invented in 1855, one decade before the emancipation of enslaved African Americans across the United States. His suit, medium, and background suggest a date roughly...
Dates: Majority of material found within c. 1865-1900