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Willis Porter

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Description
A studio portrait of Willis Porter wearing his hat tipped on the back of his head, an overcoat and suit jacket held open by Willis' hands in his pockets, over a buttoned vest, a shirt with a small collar, and a small bow tie. Embossed on the paper board frame, "Edwards, Joplin, Mo."
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Date Published
1891
1900
Subject, Old
African American men
Time Period
1891-1900
Notes

No date; likely 1890s
, Oval photo mounted to 3.5"x7" decorative paperboard; handwritten on back: "Willis Porter / Versailles[?], Ky."
, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 9 x 5 cm
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-255.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Type
photographs
English
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Repository
LaBudde Special Collections

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Image Credit
Edwards (Joplin, Mo.)

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