The collection

<I>Washington, D.C. Government Charwoman (American Gothic)</I>

Gordon Parks · 1942; printed 1990s

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper; H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

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<I>Untitled</I>

Lewis Wickes Hine · c. 1935

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper; H x W: 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

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<I>Untitled</I>

Lewis Wickes Hine · c. 1935

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper; H x W: 7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

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Photograph of Mary Lou Williams playing piano with Andy Kirk and his orchestra

Gordon Conner Studio · 1930s; autographed 1980

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper; H x W: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)

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Gelatin silver print of four 1927 Mississippi River flood images

Illinois Central Railroad · April 30, 1927

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper; H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)

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<I>13962 A colored brigade building trenches at Camp Devens, Mass.</I>

Underwood & Underwood · 1917–1919

albumen, sodium chloride and silver nitrate on photographic paper and cardboard; H x W: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)

Photographic postcard of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Breitkopf & Härtel · c. 1905

silver bromide and photographic gelatin on photographic paper and card stock; H x W: 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.7 x 8.6 cm)

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Cabinet card studio portrait of a young woman standing

George G. Donaldson · c. 1900

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on cardboard; H x W x D (Mounted): 8 × 5 7/8 × 1/16 in. (20.3 × 15 × 0.2 cm); H x W (Image): 3 1/2 × 5 1/16 in. (8.9 × 12.8 cm)

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<I>No. 1036, Cabin in the Corn</I>

Thomas H. Lindsey · 1895–1910

albumen and silver on paper on card mount; H x W (Image): 4 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (11.1 × 18.4 cm); H x W (Sheet): 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)

Cabinet card of Frederick Douglass with his grandson Joseph Douglass

Denis Bourdon · May 10, 1894

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount; H x W: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)

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Cabinet card of an unidentified man

Ideal Portrait Co. · 1894–1895

silver and photographic gelatin or collodion on printing-out paper on card mount; H x W: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)

<I>6946. Morning start in Cotton Field.</I>

Benjamin West Kilburn · 1892

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount; H x W (image): 2 15/16 × 6 1/8 in. (7.5 × 15.5 cm); H x W (sheet): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)

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Cabinet card of an unidentified girl with a jump rope by the Globe Studio

J. P. Ball & Son · 1892–1902

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount; H x W (Image): 5 9/16 × 4 in. (14.2 × 10.1 cm); H x W (Overall): 6 9/16 × 4 1/4 in. (16.6 × 10.8 cm)

Cabinet card portait of Izetta Alexander

Goodman Photographer · 1888–1889

albumen and silver on paper on card mount; H x W: 6 1/2 x 4 3/16 in. (16.5 x 10.6 cm)

Cabinet card with a floral border of an unidentified man by J. P. Ball & Son

J. P. Ball & Son · 1887–1900

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount; H x W (Image): 5 7/16 × 3 7/8 in. (13.8 × 9.9 cm); H x W (Overall): 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)

Cabinet card of an unidentified infant in a Christening gown by J.P. Ball & Son

J. P. Ball & Son · 1887–1900

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount; H x W (Image): 5 1/2 × 3 13/16 in. (13.9 × 9.7 cm); H x W (Overall): 6 1/2 × 4 5/16 in. (16.5 × 10.9 cm)

Cabinet card of Buffalo soldier wearing buffalo coat

John C. H. Grabill · c. 1886

albumen and silver nitrocellulose on cardboard; H x W (image): 6 3/16 × 3 7/8 in. (15.7 × 9.8 cm); H x W (card): 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.3 × 10.7 cm)

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Cabinet card of Minerva Singleton

Richards Photography · c. 1880

albumen and silver on paper on card mount; H x W: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)

Carte-de-visite of a young girl in Napa, California

James G. Brayton · 1865–1888

albumen on wove paper and cardboard; H x W (image): 3 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (9.6 × 6 cm); H x W (card): 4 1/8 × 2 9/16 in. (10.5 × 6.5 cm)

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Carte-de-visite portrait of Emperor Maximilian

Andrew Burgess · 1864; printed later

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount; H x W (Image): 3 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (8.9 × 5.3 cm); H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.1 × 6.2 cm)

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Ambrotype of a Civil War soldier

Littlefield · 1861–1865

collodion and silver on glass photographic plates; Closed: 3 × 2 5/8 × 7/8 in. (7.6 × 6.7 × 2.2 cm); Open: 3 × 5 1/8 × 9/16 in. (7.6 × 13 × 1.4 cm); 3 x 5 in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm)

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Carte-de-visite of women and children in a cotton field

J. H. Aylsworth · 1860s

albumen and silver nitrate on photographic paper; H x W: 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (6.4 x 9.5 cm)

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Photograph of a young woman wearing a white dress with a dark colored collar

Anderson and Webb · late 19th century

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount; H x W (card): 5 11/16 × 4 in. (14.4 × 10.2 cm); H x W (image): 2 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (7 × 5 cm)

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Photograph of a woman in a white dress with black ribbons on the left side

Ira F. Collins · late 19th century

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount; H x W (card): 6 1/2 × 4 3/16 in. (16.5 × 10.7 cm); H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 15/16 in. (14 × 10 cm)

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