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English: SMITHSONIAN - Ambrotype of African American Woman with Flag - believed to be a washerwoman for Union troops quartered outside Richmond, Virginia
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DESCRIPTION The woman pictured in this ambrotype (a photographic process on glass that had only a few years of commercial success), is believed to be a washerwoman for Union troops quartered outside Richmond, Virginia. This rare photograph of an African American woman shows her in her best dress, with an American flag pinned to her bodice. The flag has often served as a symbolic, as well as a political, statement, especially for African Americans. LOCATION Currently not on view OBJECT NAME ambrotype DATE MADE 1860s PLACE MADE United States: Virginia, Richmond PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION glass (overall material) MEASUREMENTS overall: 9.5 cm x 8.2 cm x 1.6 cm; 3 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 5/8 in ID NUMBER 2005.0002.01 ACCESSION NUMBER 2005.0002 CATALOG NUMBER 2005.0002.01 SUBJECT Civil War African American Women Workers SEE MORE ITEMS IN Work and Industry: Photographic History Civil War Photography DATA SOURCE

National Museum of American History
Author Unknown photographer, Smithsonian

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