by LaStarsha McGarity | May 3, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Tintypes
Press play below to hear an audio version of this post: I would define myself as a highly tactile person so when I say let me see, I often mean let me touch or hold the object in question. Throughout this course, we have worked with the Black Portrait Collection...
by LaStarsha McGarity | May 3, 2021 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Finding Aids
As I entered this course, I was first apprehensive that my training as a conservator would impede my ability to adequately describe the Black Portrait Photograph Collection or create finding aids of use. As an object conservator, once an object reached me I felt...