Portrait of a black early Californian mother and daughter, between 1850-1890

Item Overview

Title

Portrait of a black early Californian mother and daughter, between 1850-1890

Alternative title

Unidentified black early Californians

Date Created

[between 1850-1890]

Date

1850/1865

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Studio portrait of a well-dressed black woman (Possibly a slave or servant) and a young child (Possibly white), in a decorative, embossed frame.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Subject Geographic

California

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American children
African American mothers