Photograph by

Unidentified

Subject of

Johnson, Nancy Maria, American, 1794 - 1890

Owned by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 7/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.9 × 5.5 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)

Type

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place used

United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 1875

Description

Carte-de-visite of Nancy Maria Donaldson Johnson shown in half portrait. She is turned one quarter to her right and looks off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and smoothed down to just above her ears where it is curled in ringlets. She wears an ornate lace and ribbon cap with lace tails on the back part of her head. She has on a dark colored bodice with a black velvet yoke embellishment, a white lace collar, and a chatelaine is pinned at her center front neck with the chain extending underneath and below her lace collar toward her left side waist. There is a gold border around the outside edge of the front of the mount.

The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite on the album page below the printed frame of the window is the text "Mrs. Johnson Washington sister of / Lived to be over 90."

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30.40

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Ulke, Julius, German-American, 1833 - 1910

Subject of

Donaldson, Mary Ann, American, 1798 - 1881

Owned by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 7/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.9 × 5.5 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)

Type

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place made

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1875

Description

Carte-de-visite of Mary Ann Donaldson shown in half portrait. She is turned one quarter to her left and looks off frame. Her hair is parted at the center and smoothed down to just above her ears where it is curled in ringlets. She wears a white lace cap with lace tails and black rosettes at the ears on the back part of her head. She has on a dark colored bodice and a white lace collar. Printed below the image is the text "JULIUS ULKE, WASH., D.C.".

There is a mark for Julius Ulke on the back of the photograph.

The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite on the album page below the printed frame of the window is the text "Miss Donaldson of Washington."

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30.41

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Thompson, Lucius

Subject of

Dow, Francis Eugene, American, 1842 - 1924

Owned by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 1/4 in. (8.7 × 5.7 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)

Type

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place made

Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 1865

Description

Carte-de-visite of Eugene Dowe shown in bust portrait. He faces the camera directly and his hair is parted on his right side and smoothed down on the top of his head, but left curling on the sides. He has a mustache. Dowe wears a dark colored jacket and vest, a white shirt, and a light colored bowtie. The edges of the image are purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.

Handwritten in graphite on the bottom of the print is the text "Eugene Dowe". Printed on the back of the photograph is the text "L. Thompson / 12 Shetucket St., Norwich, Conn."

The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30.39

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Horning's Photographic Rooms, American

Subject of

Stanton, Anna M., American, 1832 - 1915

Owned by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 15/16 × 2 1/4 in. (10 × 5.7 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/8 × 2 7/16 in. (10.5 × 6.2 cm)

Type

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place made

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

1869-1877

Description

Carte-de-visite of Anna M. Stanton shown in full portrait. Stanton is standing with her body turned to the side and her left side foremost. Her head is turned to the camera. She wears her hair parted at the center and gathered into an updo behind her head. She has on a dark colored bodice and a bustle skirt. A chatelaine or watch chain is visible hanging from her chest down underneath her left arm. She is standing in front of an interior backdrop painted with a parlor mantel and draperies. Her hands are resting on top of each other on the top of the back of a carved armchair with a tufted padded back.

Handwritten in ink on the back of the photograph above the photographer's mark is the text, "Anne M. Stanton".

The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Anne M. Stanton" and in the lower left corner of the album page is the text "ANNE M. STANTON?".

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Communities

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30.25

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Phillips, Henry C., American, 1843 - 1911

Subject of

Ely, Sarah Cadwallader, American, 1836 - 1918

Owned by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (9.1 × 5.8 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.1 × 6.2 cm)

Type

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place made

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

1862-1869

Description

Carte-de-visite of Sarah "Sally" Cadwallader Ely shown in three-quarter length portrait. She is seated with her body turned so that her left side is foremost to the camera. Her right arm is propped on a table covered with a floral cloth and her right hand is resting on her right cheek. Her left arm rests in her lap and she is holding a book with her thumb inside the pages and the book partially open. Her hair is parted at the center and then pinned in ringlets on the sides of her head. Her cheeks are tinted pink. She wears a dark colored dress with a high neck, full-length fitted sleeves, a fitted bodice, and a full skirt. The heavily decorative carved back of the chair she is seated in is partially visible behind her. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.

Handwritten in graphite at the bottom of the print and onto the mount is the text "1868 / Sally Cadwallader Ely". Printed on the back of the photograph is a mark for H.C. Phillips.

The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten on the album page in the lower left corner in graphite is the text "H C PHILLIPS".

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Communities

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30.4

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Owned by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium

collodion and silver on iron with lacquer

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 1 15/16 × 1 11/16 in. (4.9 × 4.3 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 3 7/8 × 2 5/16 in. (9.8 × 5.9 cm)

Type

tintypes

portraits

Place used

United States, North and Central America

Date

1865

Description

Tintype of Miss Allen shown in bust portrait. She is turned one quarter to her left, but is looking at the camera. Her cheeks are tinted pink. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered in a chignon at the nape of her neck. She wears a light colored blouse with a dark oval brooch pinned at her front neck. A long, dark, single strand beaded necklace is around her neck. The tintype is placed in its original "Potters Patent" die-cut paper frame, with an oval cut out to display the image. Around the cut out is a heavily ornate embossed frame.

Handwritten in graphite on the mount below the tintype is the text "Miss Allen Freedmen / teacher / 1865"

The tintype is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30.23

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Thompson, Lucius

Subject of

Stebbins, Laura W., American, 1821 - 1870

Owned by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 1/4 in. (8.7 × 5.7 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)

Type

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place made

Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 1865

Description

Carte-de-visite of Miss Laura W. Stebbins shown in bust portrait. She is facing the camera directly. Her hair is parted and smoothed down tightly then gathered behind her head. She wears a dark colored bodice with a plain white collar and a large oval brooch is pinned at her center front neck. The edges of the image are purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.

Handwritten in graphite below the image on the photograph is the text "Miss Laura W. Stebbins" with "died 1870" written below the print on the mount. Printed on the back of the photograph is the text "L. Thompson / 12 Shetucket St., Norwich, Conn."

The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite at the bottom left of the album page is the text "L. THOMPSON / Norwich Conn. Died 1870".

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Communities

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30.38

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Manufactured by

James B. Smith & Co., American

Signed by

Lacy, Caroline N., American, 1838 - 1898

Received by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Subject of

Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913

Menard, John Willis, American, 1838 - 1893

Sumner, Charles, American, 1811 - 1874

Child, Lydia Maria, American, 1802 - 1880

Channing, William Henry, American, 1810 - 1884

Phillips, Wendell, American, 1811 - 1884

Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872

Medium

leather, metal, and ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W x D (closed): 6 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (15.9 × 13.3 × 7.3 cm)

H x W (open with clasps): 6 1/4 × 11 in. (15.9 × 27.9 cm)

H x W (open without clasps): 6 1/4 × 9 in. (15.9 × 22.9 cm)

H x W x D (Storage container): 5 7/8 × 11 1/4 × 11 7/16 in. (15 × 28.5 × 29 cm)

Type

photograph albums

Place used

Camp Todd, Arlington County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1864

Caption

Caroline “Carrie” Nichols (later Carrie N. Lacy; see 2017.30.13) presented this carte-de-visite album to her friend and fellow teacher Emily Howland on January 1, 1864, at Camp Todd, a freedmen’s camp and school located in Arlington, Virginia. Emily Howland was an abolitionist, educator, philanthropist, and suffragist who founded, financially supported, and taught in numerous schools for African Americans for more than 70 years from 1857 until her death in 1929 at the age of 101.

Typical of a CDV album during this period, the Howland Album contains photographs of Howland’s family, friends, and colleagues, as well as souvenir images of notable abolitionists and famous figures during the 1860s and 1870s. Based on the photograph dates and later inscriptions, it is clear that Howland added photographs to the album as she collected them throughout the mid- to late 19th century.

Description

Black leather photograph album owned by Emily Howland containing photographs of friends, family, and celebrities. The album covers and binding are made from embossed black leather with gold gilt decorations on the covers and spine. Both covers are the same, with a scallop-edged diamond outlined in gold at the center and geometric borders surrounding it, ending in a thin gold gilt geometric border around the edges. Gilt text is stamped on the spine reading "PHOTOGRAPHS". The front and back interior covers have decorative paper with small gold repeating stylized dots on a white ground adhered to them. There are four (4) sheets of paper at the front of the album, followed by twenty-five (25) thicker pages that each feature a window for holding two (2) photographs per page, and one (1) sheet of paper at the back of the album. There is room for fifty (50) photographs, though the album contains only forty-seven (47) photographs plus one (1) loose photograph too large to fit into the windowed pages. Windows 20, 21, and 47 are empty. The windows are rectangular with rounded corners and are surrounded by a gold printed border. The front pages include a page with information about the album publisher and an Index page with two printed columns of numbered lines for identifying the photographs. The Index page is not filled out. There is an inscription written in black ink on the first page that reads "To / Emily Howland / From her friend / Carrie Nichols / Jan 1st, 1864 / Camp Todd / Virginia". All of the interior pages are edged in gilt with a design impressed into the top, right side, and bottom edges of the pages that creates a floral spray when the album is closed. The album fastens on the right side with two (2) metal hinged bars that are attached to the back cover and close over metal pins attached to the front cover. The bars are embellished with a three-dimensional metal design imitating a floral fabric looped through a metal buckle.

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Education

Families

Feminism

Local and regional

Military

Photography

Politics (Practical)

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

Religion

Social reform

United States Colored Troops

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Exhibition

Slavery and Freedom

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Barnard, George N., American, 1819 - 1902

Subject of

Munro, Abby Davis, American, 1837 - 1913

Owned by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.4 × 5.7 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)

Type

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place made

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date

1876

Description

Carte-de-visite of Abby D. Munro shown in half portrait profile. She is sitting with her back facing foremost but her head turned in profile and her left side facing the camera. Her hair is parted at the center and then braided and wrapped into a bun at the back of her head. She wears a dark bodice with a high neck and a white ruffled lace collar. The print is cut into an oval shape and mounted on the card mount.

Handwritten in graphite on the photograph below the image is the text "A. D. Manro Charleston" and "Miss Abby D. Manro 1876" is handwritten in ink on the mount below the print. There is a mark on the back of the photograph for Barnard's studio.

The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite in the lower left corner of the album page is the text "BARNARD 1876 / 263 King St. Charleston".

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Communities

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30.16

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

M.P & A.I. Rice, American, 1874 - 1876

Subject of

Montgomery, Emma V., American, 1846 - 1902

Rice, Moses P., born 1839

Owned by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (9.2 × 5.8 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.6 × 6.4 cm)

Type

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place captured

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1874-1876

Description

Carte-de-visite of Emma V. Brown shown in half portrait. Her body faces the camera but her head is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off frame. Her hair is gathered loosely and in long ringlets that hang down behind her head. She wears a dark bodice with a ruffled front and collar with a white ruffled lace standing collar under it. A circular brooch is pinned at her center front neck. She wears circular dangling earrings. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.

Handwritten in ink below the photograph on the mount is the text, "Emma V. Brown / my pupil & friend". There is a mark for M.P & A.I. Rice on the back of the photograph.

The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "E. V. Brown" and at the bottom left of the album page is the text "M P Rice / 1217 Washington DC".

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Communities

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30.37

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Ulke, Henry, German-American, 1821 - 1910

Subject of

Johnson, Walter W., American, 1836 - 1879

Owned by

Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.3 × 5.5 cm)

H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.8 × 6.2 cm)

Type

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place made

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1868

Description

Carte-de-visite of Walter W. Johnson shown in half portrait. Johnson is turned one quarter to his right and looks off camera. His hair is moderately long and wavy and he has a full beard and mustache. His cheeks are tinted pink. He wears a dark jacket with wide notched lapels, a dark vest, a white shirt, and a dark bowtie. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.

Handwritten in graphite at the bottom of the print is the text "Walter W. Johnson / killed by falling down the / shaft of a mine in Va. 25 Jan. / 1879". There is a mark for Henry Ulke on the back of the print.

The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.

Topic

African American

Antislavery

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line

Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress

Object number

2017.30.6

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Collection title

Emily Howland Photograph Album

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture