Cabinet photograph

Object number
88.4.22
Date
1895
Description
Cabinet photograph of an unidentified Black woman, possibly named "Nanie". The portrait shows the woman wearing a high-necked dress with puffed shoulders, and a horseshoe-shaped pin at her collar. The photograph was captured by the Holloway studio in Newport, R. I. A handwritten note on the verso reads "To sister Florence, from Nanie, '95."
Materials
photographic paper
Credit Line
Gift of Richard Abarno
Object Type
cabinet photographs
Subjects
African American