Left, a celluloid fixed into a metal setting right, a small family celluloid portrait set in a brooch. Indeed, after major acquisitions in 20, SAAM can now boast the largest collection of daguerreotypes and photographic jewelry from the earliest known African American photographers-many of the images never before exhibited. Ball of Cincinnati and Augustus Washington of Hartford (both of whom are also well represented in SAAM’s collections), helped define this emerging art. Largely forgotten today, Goodridge was one of the most important African American photographers of the 19th century, who, along with James P. This article is a selection from the July/August 2023 issue of Smithsonian magazine Subscribe Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine now for just $15
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