LL-006

Family Portrait

Faded snapshot of a young family seated on the grass of an open field: a man in a white T-shirt holds a baby in a white dress and hair bow on his knee, and a woman in a cardigan and long plaid skirt sits close beside them. A small building and fence line stand in the distance. The family has not yet been identified. — Family ties are the foundation of Linden-Lyttonsville. This portrait captures the everyday warmth and multi-generational bonds that have defined the neighborhood for over a century.

Photo details

Title: Family Portrait
Display ID: LL-006
Date: Unknown
Collection: Laurieann Frazier-Duarte

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About this photo

Family ties are the foundation of Linden-Lyttonsville. This portrait captures the everyday warmth and deep multi-generational bonds that have defined the neighborhood for more than a century, from its founding by free Black landowners through the present day. Portraits like this one were treasured possessions, displayed in parlors and passed down through households as a record of who a family was and where it belonged. The people in this photograph have not yet been identified, and its date is unknown — the museum welcomes the community’s help with both. The original portrait is preserved today in the collection of Laurieann Frazier-Duarte.