Portrait of a black early Californian woman, possibly a slave, holding a light skinned baby, possibly white, between 1850-1865

Item Overview

Title

Portrait of a black early Californian woman, possibly a slave, holding a light skinned baby, possibly white, between 1850-1865

Alternative title

Unidentified black early Californians

Date Created

[1850-1865]

Date

1850/1865

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Studio portrait of a black early Californian woman (Possibly a slave) wearing a satin dress and a headscarf, holding a light skinned baby (possibly white), in a decorative, embossed frame.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Subject Geographic

California

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Children
African American women