Martha Ann "Patty" Atavis and Anna Whitridge

1848

Joseph D. Marsters

Artist, American, born Canada, 1823 - 1900

Joseph D. Marsters

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Article:  Rare Early Photographs of African American Life

A large collection of personal photographs offers a glimpse of Black entrepreneurship and self-expression in the 19th and 20th centuries.


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Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

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possibly by photographer, inside of case behind daguerreotype in black ink: Anna Whitridge / and her faithful nurse / Patty Ativis. / Taken about 1848 / Marsters Lexington St / Daguerreotypist; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: AF014G


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