This cabinet card has a photograph of an unidentified woman standing and looking at the camera with her left hand resting on a short pillar draped in ivy. The woman wears a dark-colored velvet dress with a high neck and a bodice that buttons at the center front with several small metal buttons. She has a metal brooch pinned to the front of her collar. Printed on the bottom of the card mount is the text "Ramsdell." A logo featuring a circular medallion with a strip of film running through it has text reading "Ramsdell PHOTO ARTIST / 817 CHAPEL STREET / NEW HAVEN. Ct. / NEGATIVES PRESERVED".
| Date | ca. 1890 |
| Photograph by | Ramsdell Photo Artist, American |
| Subject of | Unidentified Woman or Women |
| Place made | New Haven, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America |
| Medium | albumen and silver on paper on card mount |
| Dimensions | H x W: 6 7/16 x 4 1/4 in. (16.4 x 10.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Keith M. Jones in honor of Lonnie Bunch |
| Object number | 2009.31.16 |
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