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Half-length bust CDV portrait of Sojourner Truth. Eastern district of Michigan, 1864. Mount recto printed: "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. / Sojourner Truth." Copyright statement printed to mount verso. A contemporary ink inscription to verso reads: "I heard her".
An iconic image of the abolitionist and women's rights advocate, Sojourner Truth, enhanced by a contemporary inscription reading "I heard her." Through the inscription, this carte is traced to an attendee of one of Truth's lectures.
One of the rarer portraits of Sojourner Truth.
[African American History, African Americana, Black History, Women's History, Civil Rights, Early Photography, historic Photography, Carte de Visite, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, CDV, CDVs, albumens, cabinet cards]
An iconic image of the abolitionist and women's rights advocate, Sojourner Truth, enhanced by a contemporary inscription reading "I heard her." Through the inscription, this carte is traced to an attendee of one of Truth's lectures.
One of the rarer portraits of Sojourner Truth.
[African American History, African Americana, Black History, Women's History, Civil Rights, Early Photography, historic Photography, Carte de Visite, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, CDV, CDVs, albumens, cabinet cards]
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Sojourner Truth, Bust View (CDV)
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