Cabinet card of Emma Alice Townsend
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Cabinet card of Emma Alice Townsend

R. E. Hearn, American, 1891 - 1910 · 1893-1895

albumen and silver on paper on card mount
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A cabinet card photograph of Emma Alice Townsend by R. E. Hearn photography in Nashville, Tennessee. She wears a lace collar with a large medallion at her throat. Her dress demonstrates a corseted waist with billowing sleeves that gather at the forearm. At bottom is the information for the R. E. Hearn photography studio. The reverse has studio advertisements and handwritten inscription [Alice A. Townsend / Winchester / Houston / Singleton]. Emma Alice Townsend was sometimes referred to as Alice Townsend and one of her brothers was Samuel Houston Singleton.

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