Graduation portrait of Octavia C. Long

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Object Details

Photograph by

Constant F. Squires, American, 1871 - 1916

Subject of

Octavia C. Long, American, 1885 - 1920

Description

A black-and-white photograph, matted and framed by brown cardboard, and laminated in plastic. The woman wears a college graduate's cap and gown. Her name, Octavia C. Long, is written on the back in pencil.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett

Date

June 1909

Object number

2011.79.10

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

cabinet photographs

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 9 x 5 1/4 in. (22.9 x 13.3 cm)

Place captured

Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

American South

American West

Communities

Education

Photography

Women

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ea2f5941-4be0-4922-bdad-b06a1908b78a

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.79.10