Ethnic African American

1800s Texas ID'd Black Woman, African American Nurse & White Children Photo


1800s Texas ID'd Black Woman, African American Nurse & White Children Photo
1800s Texas ID'd Black Woman, African American Nurse & White Children Photo
1800s Texas ID'd Black Woman, African American Nurse & White Children Photo
1800s Texas ID'd Black Woman, African American Nurse & White Children Photo

1800s Texas ID'd Black Woman, African American Nurse & White Children Photo   1800s Texas ID'd Black Woman, African American Nurse & White Children Photo

Two original December 1894 cabinet card photos of an African American woman. Photographed by a travelling Railroad Car studio, which operated around Palestine, Texas.

Cabinet cards is 6.5" x 4.25" with blank backs, as produced. Stable creasing and mount damage, as shown. Some notes and writing, identifying her as Letha Huggins.

Research shows an African American woman named Letha Huggins who worked as a nanny and housekeeper for many years for a white family in Palestine.


1800s Texas ID'd Black Woman, African American Nurse & White Children Photo   1800s Texas ID'd Black Woman, African American Nurse & White Children Photo