Tintype of Emmaline
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Tintype of Emmaline

Unidentified · ca. 1882

silver on iron photographic plates
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

According to the records of the Old Slave Mart Museum, Emmaline used fabric and buttons from her own clothing to construct this "Mammy" doll for the children of the Montgomery family.

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