Unidentified Girl Next to Chair, undated

Source: Selena Sloan Butler Papers
Creator: C.W. Motes, Atlanta
Title: Unidentified Girl Next to Chair, undated
Date: C. 1890s
Description: Cabinet card studio portrait of an unidentified young African American girl standing beside an upholstered chair, photographed in Atlanta in the 1890s. The child wears a long, lace-trimmed dress and holds a small bouquet, posed formally against a studio backdrop. The image reflects the traditions of childhood portraiture and the importance of documenting family life and respectability in African American communities in the late nineteenth century. The child may possibly be Selena Sloan Butler as a young girl, though this identification is not confirmed.
Type: Image
Subject: African American girls
Children
Portrait photography
Cabinet photographs
Formal dress
African American family life
19th century portraiture
Format: 4 × 6.5 inch cabinet card photograph (albumen print).
Rights: This image is made available for research and educational use. Reproduction or publication requires permission from the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History.
Rights Holder: Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Fulton County Library System