Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Maria T. Trimble addressed to Miss B. E. Townsend. Trimble’s portrait is full size, capturing her standing next to a chair with her proper left hand resting on it. She is wearing a dark color floor-length dress with sleeves that are puffed at the shoulder. The dress has a light color neckline. The photograph is backed by cardboard with serrated edges. On the back is a message in pencil handwritten by the sitter to the addressee [Sept 17. ’98 / Compliments / of Maria T. Trimble / to Miss B. E. Townsend].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Maria T. Trimble
- Received by
- Blanch E. Townsend, American, 1876 - 1898
- Owned by
- Dr. Arthur Melvin Townsend Sr., American, 1875 - 1959
- Date
- September 17, 1898
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (11.1 x 8.6 cm)
- H x W (image): 3 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (9.8 × 6.7 cm)
- Type
- albumen prints
- portraits
