Type: Photograph – Cabinet Card - Collodion POP

Subject: ID African-American Woman - Ellen M. Jackson, High School Graduate - Louisville Colored High School

Photographer: A.J. Reuling / The Gregory Gallery

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Date: c. 1890s

Size: 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (mount)

Content & History: This is a photograph of Ellen M. Jackson with her diploma. Louisville Colored High School (later Central High School) was opened in 1870 and was the first African-American high school in the state of Kentucky.

Condition: Noticeable surface wear, soiling and discoloration. There is some crusted paper at the top corner of the photograph. The mount has worn/chipped corners, is curved. See pictures.

References: 

Central High School (Louisville, Kentucky). Wikipedia

Item Number: G002004