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Harriet Tubman portrait collection

Title
Harriet Tubman portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1890?-1989?>

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Additional Authors
  • Ernsberger
  • Bradford, Sarah H. (Sarah Hopkins), 1818-1912
  • Associated Publishers
  • United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)
Description
  • <2> photomechanical prints : b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
  • <7> photomechanical prints ; b&w ;
  • <1> photoprint : albumen ;
  • <3> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • <18> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
Summary
Portraits of fugitive slave, abolitionist, nurse, spy and social reformer Harriet Tubman. Collection consists mainly of individual portraits, some taken when she was quite elderly, and images of Tubman with her family, of her tombstone, an honorary plaque, a view of the Harriet Tubman Home and a copy of the title page of "scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman." Full and quarter length portraits are included. Also included are portraits of John Brown and Thomas Garrett.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913
  • Brown, John, 1800-1859
  • Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871
  • Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913 > Tomb > New York > Auburn > 1910-1919
  • Fugitive slaves > United States
  • Abolitionists > United States
  • African American nurses
  • Women spies > United States
  • Title pages > 1860-1869
  • Plaques > New York > Auburn > 1910-1919
  • Women social reformers > United States
Genre/Form
  • Portraits – 1860-1899.
  • Portrait photographs – 1900-1919.
  • Group portraits – 1890-1899.
  • Albumen photoprints – 1890-1899.
  • Photomechanical prints – 1860-1959.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1910-1989.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Many images are duplicates; some have captions.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Tubman, Harriet
OCLC
NYPG087000041-F
Title
Harriet Tubman portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1890?-1989?>
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local Note
Negatives exist for some images.
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Added Author
Ernsberger. Photographer
Bradford, Sarah H. (Sarah Hopkins), 1818-1912 Scenes in the life of Harriet Tubman.
Associated Publishers.
United States. Work Projects Administration (New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Tubman, Harriet
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