PUBLIC "-//Thomas Balch Library//TEXT (US::ViLeTBL::viletbl00118:: Mrs. Swan Photograph ca. 1900)//EN" "viletbl00118.xml" A Guide to the Mrs. Swan Photograph, ca. 1900 Mrs. Swan Photograph VC 0036 Beth Schuster Thomas Balch Library © 2006 By Thomas Balch Library. All rights reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Beth Schuster, 6 August 2010 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Mrs. Swan Photograph, ca. 1900 A Collection in theThomas Balch Library VC 0036 Beth Schuster

Thomas Balch Library 2006 Beth Schuster Thomas Balch Library Descriptive Summary Thomas Balch Library Mrs. Swan Photograph ca. 1900 VC 0036 English One 4"x 5.75" unidentified black and white photographic portrait, circa 1900, mounted on 6"x9" paperboard of a woman identified on the verso as "Mrs. Swan/ex-slave from Leesbug, Va/ Assoc with the Dickinson family." Lori Kimball Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection open for research .

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Visual materials may require special handling.

Preferred Citation

Mrs. Swan Photograph, ca. 1900 (VC 0036), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA..

Acquisition Information

Lori Kimball, Leesburg, VA

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2010.0164

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Processed by Beth Schuster, 6 May 2010

Biographical Information

The subject of the portrait, an elderly African-American woman sitting outside in front of a closed door, wearing a dark dress with white collar and white head wrap, is unidentified. The caption on the verso in an unidentified hand reads "Mrs. Swan/ex-slave from Leesbug, Va/ Assoc with the Dickinson family."

Scope and Content

This collection consists of one 4"x 5.75" unidentified black and white photographic portrait, circa 1900, mounted on 6"x9" paperboard. Penciled at the bottom right of the photograph on the paperboard is "Lea."

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Contents List Photograph, Mrs. Swan, ca. 1900