[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. PERRY, F.E., photographer. Cabinet card featuring Diana Corbin, Sojourner Truth's daughter. Battle Creek, MI, ca 1880.

3 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. cabinet photograph on cardstock mount (significant toning to upper edge and surface wear throughout print; soiling and paper loss to mount). Perry's imprint on mount recto along with ink inscription reading "Diana Corbin a Slave in the state of New York 82 years / Sojourner Truth's Daughter." Verso with ink inscription reading "E.A. Tickner." Corbin is featured seated at a table covered with an embroidered tablecloth and surmounted by an open book, her arm resting on its pages. She wears a checkered shawl and a head scarf.

Diana Corbin (ca 1816-1904) was the oldest living child of Sojourner Truth when she died of chronic illness on October 25, 1904. She is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery next to her mother in Battle Creek, Michigan.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.