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Graduation portrait of Octavia C. Long
Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph, matted and framed by brown cardboard, and laminated in plastic. The woman wears a college graduate's cap and gown. Her name, Octavia C. Long, is written on the back in pencil.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- June 1909
- Object number
- 2011.79.10
- Photograph by
- Constant F. Squires, American, 1871 - 1916
- Subject of
- Octavia C. Long, American, 1885 - 1920
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 x 5 1/4 in. (22.9 x 13.3 cm)
- Place captured
- Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- American West
- Communities
- Education
- Photography
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.79.10
- Usage
- CC0
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