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Collection
Slaymaker Family Photograph Collection
Object ID
SF-05-02-25
Date Range
1925
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Slaymaker Family Photograph Collection
Description
African American woman seated in chair reading a book. Formal portrait. From "Captives' Mansion" by S. R. Slaymaker II, page 195: ". . . accompanied by my ninety-year old black nanny, 'Nana,' who was born a slave in the South and had come to Colonel Slaymaker's household as a young woman. She had cared for S. R. I, S. C. II, and me, when I visited the farm."
Date Range
1925
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Bachrach Studios
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African Americans
Search Terms
African American women
Books
Chairs
Freedmen
Persons of color
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
7.25 x 9.25 inches
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
SF-05-02-25
Images
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