[AFRICAN AMERICANA - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. The Albino, or White Negro Girl. Helen Ann Windman Walker, Henry Sedam Walker, Twin brother and sister, offspring of colored parents. St. Louis, MO: Mansfield, 1864.

1 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount (some toning, few light stains on mount). Additional information printed in lower margin of mount: "8 years of age on the 2d of May, 1864. As exhibited at Burnell & Prescott’s Museum, cor. 4th & Pine Streets, St. Louis, Mo." With credit to "Mansfield, Photographer" printed in lower margin. A studio portrait of identified twins, Helen Ann Windman Walker and Henry Sedam Walker.

Helen Ann Windman Walker (1856-1922) was an albino, born to African American parents, and with an African American twin brother, Henry Sedam Walker, with whom she was commonly pictured. She was exhibited widely during the 1860s and was often billed as "The Albino" or "White Negro Girl."

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American Historical Ephemera and Photography

[AFRICAN AMERICANA - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. The Albino, or White Negro Girl. Helen Ann Windman Walker, Henry Sedam Walker, Twin brother and sister, offspring of colored parents. St. Louis, MO: Mansfield, 1864.

American Historical Ephemera and Photography

[AFRICAN AMERICANA - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. The Albino, or White Negro Girl. Helen Ann Windman Walker, Henry Sedam Walker, Twin brother and sister, offspring of colored parents. St. Louis, MO: Mansfield, 1864.

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