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cabinet photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
ST. HELENA
circa 1888
6.38 x 4.13 x 0

Cabinet photograph, albumen print mounted on dark green card with gold beveled edges; portrait of Black man, probably crewman from whaleship SUNBEAM, holding scrimshawed riding crop; handwritten label on back identifies location as St. Helena. Collected by Walter C. Van Horn while on board whaling bark SUNBEAM, 1886-1890.


1989.71.45

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