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Man holding a cornet

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LaBudde Special Collections
A studio portrait of unidentified young African American man holding a cornet in his left hand while standing in front of a ornate metal fireplace guard and beside a wicker chair. He wears a white suit jacket and a high collar with a tied scarf as a necktie. Embossed below the photograph on the paper board, "Dowling, Charleston, S.C. 1900."
Date Note
No date; likely circa 1880s
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Image Credit
Dowling (Charleston, South Carolina)
Date Published
1881
1900
Time Period
1881-1890
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-252.tif
Notes

No date; likely circa 1880s, Mounted to 5"x7.25" decorative paperboard; stamped on back: "Prop. (possibly Prof.) W.R. Nails / Honey Grove, Texas / Tragedy and Comedy Co.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 14 x 11 cm
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Cabinet photographs
Type
photographs
Subject (Geographic)
Charleston (S.C.)
English

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