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Schomburg Tintype collection.

Title: Schomburg Tintype collection.
Publication: 1850-1879.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	SCP 186133 box 2	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	SCP 186133 box 1	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Description

0.76 linear feet (2 boxes)

Summary

The Schomburg Tintype collection dates from the 1850s through the 1870s, and consists of sixteen tintypes. The portraits depict primarily Black families, couples, and individuals, posed in a portrait style, photographs taken by Black photographers, and most likely enslaved Black women with the white children in their care.

Subject

Genre/Form

Tintypes (photographs)

Source (note)

Source of acquisition is unknown.

Call Number

SCP 186133

OCLC

1344401946

Title

Schomburg Tintype collection.

Production

1850-1879.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Source

Source of acquisition is unknown.

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Occupation

Photographers.

Added Author

Ball, James Presley, 1825-1904, photographer.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, compiler.

Research Call Number

SCP 186133

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