Geographic / Mass. / Boston
GUSN-360815
Cabinet card depicting eight unidentified African American individuals, three women and five men, posing for a group portrait in Boston, Massachusetts circa 1878. Three individuals are standing and five individuals are sitting in front of them. The photograph was taken by photographer Lemuel Wallace Cook. Photographer's studio is printed on the verso: "L. W. Cook, / Photographer, / 145 Tremont Street, and 367 Washington Street, Boston."
Stamp printed on verso: "Given Feb 28, 1927 / By Wm. S. Appleton." Inscription written on verso: "between 1876-1880 / File: Races -- Negro / copy neg # 17224-B / HNE 0052 [scan]."
cabinet photographs
photography studios (organizations)
photographic prints
group portraits
portraits
African American
cabinet photographs
Project number Project number HNE0052
1 cabinet card
PC001
General photographic collection
1927
PC001.02.02.0100.0100.001
Gift
circa 1878
Gift of William S. Appleton, 1927
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Cook, Lemuel Wallace (Photographer)
cabinet photographs
Cook, Lemuel Wallace
Portrait
African Americans
Item
Geographic / Mass. / Boston
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