[African American man]

[African American man]

Photograph

[African American man]

ca. 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (7 × 5.7 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 3/4 in. (9.2 × 8.3 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0201.0009
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 622
Entry 622 in Mackay's notebook (located in library):Fine 1/6 size daguer. of young male negro slave. Well dressed and robust. Taken about 1845 or 50. Cost $1.00. Worth 4.00
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