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Jeremiah Tilghman and Venus Tilghman
Subject:
Women's History, Daguerreotypes, Slavery, African American history, Photographs, Cased Photographs Collection, 
Item ID:
CSPH 156
Creator:
Unidentified photographer
Description:
Jeremiah Tilghman and Venus Tilghman. Slaves of Col. Benedict William Hall of Eutaw in Baltimore County, ca. 1850. Note: The preview image is two separate photographs. The first is of the open daguerreotype. The second photograph is a detail of the photograph.
Date of Original:
1850
Collection:
Cased Photographs Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Cased photograph
Restrictions:
Restricted from public use. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 