Studio portrait of a man in a stove pipe hat and with a basket, Aug. 1859

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1859

GUSN

GUSN-190885

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Subjects - Special
Temporary
Studio portrait of a man in a stove pipe hat and with a basket, Aug. 1859
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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Subjects - Special
    - Temporary

Description

This studio portrait depicts a man, known as Old Patterson. He wears a stove pipe hat and holds a basket.

Details

Descriptive Terms

studio portraits
baskets (containers)
top hats
headgear
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Project number HNE0071

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.04.TMP.001

Image Dimensions

4 12/16 x 3 9/16 (HxW)(inches)

Places

New England (United States) [general region]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Black People
African American men
Portrait

Accruals Note

Included in the Boston African Americana Project.

Description Level

Item

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