Carte-de-visite of an infant in Napa, California
Object Details
- Description
- A sepia tone carte-de-visite of an infant. Captured in studio on a seat draped with a striped piece of fabric, the baby is posed wearing a bright long-sleeve dress and head wrap, their gaze focused slightly beyond the camera. Below the image, atop the tan photograph card, in blue ink, are the ‘Strong’ name and studio address [Third & Main Sts. / Napa, Cal.] imprints. On the reverse of the carte-de-visite are graphite inscriptions reading [Alice] and [Jennings] in different hands along with several numerical inscriptions.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 1865-1888
- Object number
- 2020.10.10.1
- Photograph by
- Mark Hopkins Strong, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Medium
- albumen on wove paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 2 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (6.4 × 4.3 cm)
- H x W (card): 2 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (7.5 × 5 cm)
- Place captured
- Napa, Napa County, California, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Topic
- African American
- American West
- Children
- Communities
- Families
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2020.10.10.1
