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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Half plate ambrotype of an African American family at a farm.
Estimate: $1,000-$1,500
Sold
$800
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American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Description

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Half plate ambrotype of an African American family at a farm.


Half plate ambrotype. (Very good clarity and condition.) Housed in a full leather case (light edge and surface wear).  Depicts a meticulously maintained gothic style board and batten house with long covered porch. An African American man and several children visible, the man posed with a bull and milk cow.