Portrait of Mrs. Annie Cox - Public domain portrait photograph
Summary
The tintype is housed in its original "Potters Patent" die-cut paper frame, patented by Ray W. Potter of New York in 1865.
"Mrs. Annie Cox" written on the album page, below the card.
"Potters Patent March 7 1865" embossed on front of paper frame.
"Tintypes, 25 cents per dozen. Ferrotype cabinets taken by the single one or by the dozen, cheap" printed on back of photograph mount.
Photograph is housed in an album. Album page has decorative gold borders framing the image.
Collection of the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
Purchased by the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Swann Galleries; 2017.
Formerly owned by Emily Howland.
Forms part of the Emily Howland photograph album, p. 30.
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