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Daguerreotype of a young woman
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Daguerreotype of a young woman

Augustus Washington, American, 1821 - 1875 · ca. 1850

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

A black-and-white photograph of a young woman dressed in a high-collared garment and wearing dangling earrings. The earrings have been hand-tinted gold. The plates are in a case that is missing its cover. The photograph has a gold colored frame stamped [WASHINGTON] on the bottom left corner.

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