Photograph of a woman standing next to a chair and holding a book

Object Details

Photograph by

Louis Janousek, American, 1857 - 1934

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Owned by

Hattie Durr Whiddon Graham, American, 1873 - 1950

Description

A sepia toned cabinet card photograph of a woman wearing a dark colored dress. She is standing next to a chair with a fringed bottom. Her right hand rests on the chair back and she is holding white gloves. With her left hand she is holding a book. The photograph is adhered to green cardstock. Printed on the cardstock is “L. Janousek,” “LJ,” and “Yankton [----?]. There are no inscriptions on the back.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Don L. Durrah and D. Simone Durrah Logan in memory of Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham (1873-1950); Christopher Columbus Wayman Whiddon (1894-1973); Lina Irene Jordan Whiddon (1897-1983)

late 19th century

Object number

2014.61.12

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

cabinet photographs

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (card): 6 7/16 x 4 1/4 in. (16.4 x 10.8 cm)

H x W (image): 5 1/2 x 4 1/16 in. (14 x 10.3 cm)

Place captured

Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham Collection of Family Photographs

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

American West

Families

Migrations

Photography

U.S. History, 1865-1921

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.61.12

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52114db7d-bed7-459a-95e6-b50d32564197