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Carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Tubman
- Photograph by
- Powelson, Benjamin F., American, 1823 - 1885
- Subject of
- Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1868-1869
- 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): 3 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (10 × 6.2 cm)
- Description
- A carte-de-visite of Harriet Tubman seated in an interior room. She is positioned slightly turned to the right and gazes off camera. Her right hand rests on the back of a wooden chair and her left hand rests in her lap. A body patterned carpet covers the floor and the wall or drop behind her is a blank light color. Tubman wears a black bodice that buttons at the center front and has dropped sleeves with heavy ruching and ruffled details on the sleeves. There is a panel of lighter fabric around the yoke, with the upper neck the same dark color as the body of the bodice. A white lace collar with short tails is crossed and pinned at the front of her neck. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered at the nape of her neck. Tubman's full skirt is made from a light and dark patterned gingham check. It drapes slightly on the floor and hides her feet completely. The text "Harriet Tubman" is handwritten in graphite across the bottom of her skirt. The print is mounted on card stock and a double-lined red border is printed around the front edges of the card framing the print.
- 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 with this photograph is the text "Powelson photog. / Auburn Ny".
- Place captured
- Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Freedom
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Slavery
- U.S. 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
- 2017.30.47
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Bullet from Point of Pines Plantation
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Point of Pines Plantation, American
- Date
- ca. 1861
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 15/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (2.4 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm)
- Caption
- Bullets from Point of Pines Plantation
- Point of Pines Plantation was the first site of Union occupation on Edisto in 1861. In fact, the plantation was named Fort Edisto by Union forces. Edisto was occupied on and off from 1861-1865. It became a point of freedom as African Americans across the region traveled great distances to the island during the Civil War. Many of these men were recruited into the U.S. military while others made lives in a community largely run by African American community members.
- Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
- Description
- Metal bullet with a conical head, cylindrical body, and a two-grooved hollow base. Allover tan and off-white coloring, with black spots around the base.
- Place collected
- Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Type
- bullets
- Topic
- Communities
- Emancipation
- Freedom
- Military
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States Colored Troops
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Burnet Rhett Maybank, III
- Object number
- 2015.92.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Nancy M. Johnson
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Johnson, Nancy Maria, American, 1794 - 1890
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1875
- 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)
- 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."
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Education
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. 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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Carte de visite of Sgt. Jacob Johns (19th USCT)
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Johns, Jacob, American, died 1867
- 19th United States Colored Infantry, 1863 - 1867
- Date
- 1864-1867
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (9.8 × 6 cm)
- Description
- This carte-de-visite has a photographic print depicting Sergeant Jacob Johns seated, facing the viewer with his gloved hands resting on his lap. His right elbow is resting on a small, circular side table, while it appears he is holding his left arm up without support. Johns is wearing an oversized four-button sack coat with an outside slash pocket. His uniform includes sergeant bars sewn onto the sleeves of his coat, pants with a dark stripe down the outer side of each leg, a belt with a rectangular metal belt plate, gloves, a sword and sash, and a medal pinned to his proper left chest. Johns wears a goatee. The carte-de-visite is inscribed and signed in ink along the bottom of the mount, reading "Your Obt. Servt, / Jacob Johns". The reverse of the mount is blank.
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Confederate States of America one dollar bill
- Printed by
- Walker, Evans & Co., American, 1855 - 1982
- Designed by
- Keatinge & Ball, American, 1861 - 1864
- Subject of
- Clay, Clement Claiborne, American, 1816 - 1882
- Signed by
- Yates, M. A., American
- Subject of
- Confederate States of America, 1861 - 1865
- Date
- February 17, 1864
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/16 × 7 in. (7.8 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- Confederate States of America one dollar bill featuring an image of Clement Claiborne Clay. The front of the currency has a central oval image of the portrait of Clay surrounded with a wreath. On either side is the number [1] in an oval with geometric concentric circular patterns. Above, on the left, written in large capitols is, [RICHMOND / No.] On the other side, written above the [1] is the date, [Feb.Y 17th 1864.] followed by the handwritten numbers [804]. On the left, below the [1] is the printed sentence [TWO YEARS AFTER THE RATIFICATION OF / A TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN]. The sentence continues below the [1] on the right, [THE CONFEDERATE STATES & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]. In bold print below Clay's portrait are the words, [CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / Will pay to the bearer on demand / ONE DOLLAR / B / B]. Printed vertically along the left border are the designers, [Lithogd by Evans & Cogswell. / 12]. At the bottom are two signatures, on the left, [M A Yates / for Register] and on the right, [M Dineex / for Treasurer]. In between the signatures, typed at the bottom, are the printers, [Engraved by Keatinge & Ball, Columbia, S.C.]. On the left and right edge of the note, written vertically over a dark background, is the word, [ONE]. The back is blank.
- Place made
- Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Coins and Currency
- Type
- money
- paper money
- Topic
- American South
- Commerce
- Government
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.9.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Anna Longstreth
- Photograph by
- Wenderoth, Taylor, & Brown, American, 1866 - 1884
- Subject of
- Longstreth, Mary Anna, American, 1811 - 1884
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1870-1880
- 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 1/2 in. (10.1 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Mary Anna Longstreth shown in bust portrait. Her body is turned one quarter to her right, but her face is turned straight to the camera. Her hair is parted at the center and pulled into a high bun at the back of her head. Her cheeks are tinted pink. She wears a pinstriped dress, a white folded collar, and a white lace shawl is draped over her shoulders. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.
- Handwritten in graphite along the bottom of the print is the text "Mary Anna Longstreth" with "M.A. Longstreth" written below the print on the mount. A mark for Taylor & Brown is printed 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 in the lower left corner of the album page is the text "TAYLOR & BROWN".
- Place printed
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. 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
- 2017.30.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Tintype portrait of Col. C. W. Folsom
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Col. Folsom, Charles W., American, 1826 - 1904
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 1 3/16 × 15/16 in. (3 × 2.4 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 1 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (4.1 × 6.3 cm)
- Description
- Tintype of Colonel Charles William Folsom shown in half portrait. Folsom's body faces the camera, but his head is turned one quarter to his right and he looks off frame. He is slightly baling and has a full beard and mustache. He wears spectacles with thin wire frames. He is wearing a dark suit jacket and vest, white shirt, and black bowtie. The tintype is housed in its original "Potters Patent" die-cut paper frame, with an oval frame cut out to show the image. A double line border is embossed around the oval cut out.
- Handwritten in graphite on the mount below the tintype is the text "Col. C. W. Folsom".
- The tintype is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- tintypes
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Military
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. 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
- 2017.30.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of John W. Menard
- Photograph by
- Leeson, William H., American
- Subject of
- Menard, John Willis, American, 1838 - 1893
- Swymmer and Leeson, American, 1866 - 1868
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1868-1870
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in. (9.1 × 5.6 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (10 × 6.1 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of John W. Menard shown in bust portrait. Menard's body is turned nearly in profile with his left side foremost, but his head is turned only one quarter and he looks slightly off frame. His hair is parted at his left side and smooth down on the top, but curly on the sides. He has a mustache. Menard wears a dark colored jacket, white shirt, and dark bowtie. The bottom portion of the image is purposefully faded in the popular style of the time. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.
- Handwritten in graphite at the bottom of the print is the text "J. Willis Menard". All of the mark on the back of the photograph for Swymmer & Leeson except "& LEESON, No. STREET." has been crossed out, with "167 Poydras Street" inscribed at the bottom in ink.
- 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 "Swymmer / Leeson".
- Place captured
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Photography
- Politics
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. 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
- 2017.30.35
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Harold M. White
- Photograph by
- Tousley, H. S., American, 1825 - 1895
- Subject of
- White, Harold M., American, 1832 - 1862
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1860-1862
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 7/16 × 2 1/8 in. (8.7 × 5.4 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6.1 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Harold M. White shown in bust portrait. White has short hair and a beard. He wears a dark jacket, white shirt, and dark bowtie. The edges of the image are purposefully faded in the popular style of the time.
- Handwritten on the back of the photograph is an account of White's death.
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. TThe 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 partially erased text reading "Little slave girl". Handwritten in graphite in the lower left of the album page is the text "Harold M. White / In the Battle of Shiloh, died of fever / Dec. 3 1862".
- Place made
- Keeseville, Clinton County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Keeseville, Essex County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.43
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Mrs. Maj. Hall
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Hall, Maria Miller, American, 1831 - 1913
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1864
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. (9 × 5.4 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6.1 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Maria Miller Woodhull Hall photographed in bust portrait. Her face is turned one quarter to her right and she looks off camera. She is wearing a black cap with ruffled or ribbon details on the back of her head and a plaid dress with a large oval brooch at her front neck. Hall's head is at the center of the print, with the background behind it fading at the edges in the popular style of the time. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount.
- Handwritten in graphite at the bottom of the photograph is the text "Mrs. Maj. Hall / 1864". Handwritten in ink on the back of the photograph "Mrs. W. C. J. Hall / Jamestown / N.Y."
- The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten on the page in the lower left corner in graphite is the text "JAMESTOWN NY".
- Place depicted
- Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Stereograph of deceased soldiers on the battlefield after Gettysburg
- Photograph by
- O'Sullivan, Timothy, American, 1840 - 1882
- Published by
- Tipton, William H., American, 1850 - 1929
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1863
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, cardboard, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- This photographic print stereograph depicts the bodies of several deceased soldiers lying in an open field. A wooden fence in front of a dense forest of trees are in the background. The photographic print is mounted on orange cardboard that is pinkish on the reverse. A piece of paper adhered to the reverse of the mount has printed text with details of a series of Gettysburg battlefield photographs available from photographer and printer W. H. Tipton.
- Place depicted
- Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Stereograph of deceased Confederate soldiers near a fence at Antietam, Maryland
- Photograph by
- Gardner, Alexander, Scottish, 1821 - 1882
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Confederate States of America, 1861 - 1865
- Date
- 1862
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper, cardboard, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (8.6 × 17.5 cm)
- Description
- This albumen print stereograph shows the bodies of two (2) deceased Confederate soldiers lying in front of a fence on the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland. A piece of clothing or a blanket lies in the right foreground. The print is mounted on yellow cardboard with a rounded square frame and a central divider that have an embossed design. The reverse of the mount is blank.
- Place depicted
- Antietam, Washington County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Confederate States of America two dollar bill
- Subject of
- Benjamin, Judah P., American, 1811 - 1884
- Designed by
- Keatinge & Ball, American, 1861 - 1864
- Subject of
- Confederate States of America, 1861 - 1865
- Date
- April 6, 1863
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 3/16 × 7 3/16 in. (8.1 × 18.3 cm)
- Description
- Confederate States of America two dollar bill. In the center of the note is a heavily decorated scalloped edge circle with the number [2] in the center. Surrounding the number is the inscription, [Richmond. / Feb. 17th 1964. / No. / 25444]. At the bottom of the circle is the sentence in cursive, [Two Years after the ratification / of a Treaty of Peace between / the Confederate States & the / United States of America. Underneath, printed in large block letters is the inscription, [THE / CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / Will pay to the bearer on demand / TWO DOLLARS]. The bottom is signed on the left by [M M Bailey / for Register] and on the right by, [M Allen / for Treasurer]. Between the signatures are the engravers name, [Engraved by Keatinge & Ball, Columbia S.C]. The left edge of the currency has a border that is densely patterned surrounding the word, [TWO] printed vertically. On the right border the word [TWO] is in an intricately designed rectangular shape. In the center is an oval portrait of Judah P. Benjamin surrounded by scroll work designs. The four corners are stained where the note had previously been adhered to something. The back is blank. Distinct crease marks can be seen showing where the note had previously been folded.
- Place made
- Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Coins and Currency
- Type
- money
- American paper money
- Topic
- American South
- Commerce
- Government
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.9.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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State of Florida three dollar bill
- Designed by
- Keatinge & Ball, American, 1861 - 1864
- Signed by
- Milton, John, American, 1807 - 1865
- Subject of
- Confederate States of America, 1861 - 1865
- Date
- March 1, 1863
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 7/8 × 6 5/8 in. (7.3 × 16.8 cm)
- Description
- State of Florida three dollar bill featuring a central image of a large ship with extended sails at sea. Underneath the ship, printed in large block letters is the inscription, [THE / STATE OF FLORIDA / Will pay THREE DOLLARS to bearer / on demand. TALLAHASSSEE. March 1st 1863]. The bottom is signed on the left by [C. H. Austin / Treasurer] and on the right by, [John Milton / Governor]. In the center is a dark box with white lettering that reads, [THE / PUBLICLANDS / OF THE / STATE PLEDGED]. Underneath Milton's signature is the engraver's name, [Keatinge & Ball, Columbia S.C]. At the top, on either side of the ship is printed the word, [No.] with the handwritten response below, [21-1]. Additionally two signatures surround the boat in black ink, [J. H. Benezes] and [W. M. McIntosh]. On the left side of the image are three circles that overlap each other. The top circle has an image of a two seated women. Surrounding the image is the inscription, [RECEIVABLE BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN PAYMENT OF ALL DUES AND DEMANDS]. The second circle has the large print word, [THREE]. The bottom circle has a decorative scroll work bottom with a stag stepping out of the dark background of the circle. On the right is a heavily decorated circle with the number, [3] in the center. In the right corner of the note is an image of a woman standing, looking to her left, in front of the sea. She is carrying a scepter and an anchor rests to her right. The back of the note is blank.
- Place made
- Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Coins and Currency
- Type
- money
- American paper money
- Topic
- American South
- Commerce
- Government
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.108.9.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Sally Cadwallader Ely
- Photograph by
- Phillips, Henry C., American, 1843 - 1911
- Subject of
- Ely, Sarah Cadwallader, American, 1836 - 1918
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1862-1869
- 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)
- 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".
- Place made
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Communities
- Education
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. 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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552. Dunker Church, Antietam, September 17, 1862
- Photograph by
- Gardner, Alexander, Scottish, 1821 - 1882
- Published by
- Taylor & Huntington, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1862
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper, cardboard, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 × 7 in. (10.2 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- This albumen print stereograph shows several deceased soldiers lying in a field in the foreground. The bodies are immediately in front of a cart with large wooden wheels and a trunk placed on the seat. In the left background is a white building, the Dunker Church, with damage to the building from artillery evident on the sides and roof. Horses stand outside the building. A wooden fence runs between the church and the grouping of bodies and cart in the foreground. The photographs are cut with a rounded top edge. On the left side of the orange cardboard mount printed text reads "1861 THE WAR FOR THE UNION 1865" and on the right side "1861 PHOTOGRAPHIC WAR HISTORY 1865" with the name of the photograph, "552. Dunker Church, Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862" printed in the lower right corner beneath the image. Text printed on the reverse of the paper mount lists further details about the photograph with further information about a series of Civil War battlefield photography available from the printer Taylor & Huntington.
- Place depicted
- Antietam, Washington County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Tintype portrait of USCT soldier William Johnson
- Photograph by
- Frenzel, Louis, German-American, 1820 - 1906
- Subject of
- Johnson, William, American
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 2 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (5.4 × 4.2 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 3 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (10 × 6 cm)
- Description
- Tintype of USCT soldier William Johnson shown in full portrait. Johnson is seated and facing the camera, with his left elbow and hand resting on table covered in an ornate cloth. His right hand is tucked into the buttons of his frock coat and his right leg is crossed over the left at the knee. He wears his uniform kepi, frock coat, and trousers. The tintype is house in its original "Potters Patent" die-cut paper frame with an oval cut out to display the image. An ornate frame is embossed around the cut out.
- Handwritten in graphite on the mount below the tintype is the text "William Johnson / Col,d Soldier from Ky." The back of the mount has information about Frenzel's picture gallery and the prices of photographs.
- The tintype is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- tintypes
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.33
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Carte-de-visite portrait of Emma V. Brown
- 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
- Date
- 1874-1876
- 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)
- 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".
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Communities
- Education
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. 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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Carte-de-visite portrait of Walter W. Johnson
- Photograph by
- Ulke, Henry, German-American, 1821 - 1910
- Subject of
- Johnson, Walter W., American, 1836 - 1879
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1868
- 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)
- 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.
- Place made
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Education
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. 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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Carte-de-visite portrait of Lydia Maria Child
- Photograph by
- Whipple, John Adams, American, 1822 - 1891
- Subject of
- Child, Lydia Maria, American, 1802 - 1880
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 9/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9 × 5.7 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/8 × 2 7/16 in. (10.5 × 6.2 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of Lydia Maria Child shown in half portrait. Child is seated behind the corner of a white columned banister, possibly on a balcony outside a house with wooden siding next to a window with a lace curtain. Her left elbow is propped on the railing and her left hand rests on her chin. She holds a book in her right hand, which she is reading. Her hair is parted at the center and gathered into curls or braided above her ears, then pulled behind her head. She wears a dark colored bodice and skirt with dropped bell sleeves and white lace collar. There is a ring with a dark stone on her left hand ring finger.
- The text "John A. Whipple / 297 Washington Street / Boston." is printed 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 "L. M. Child". Handwritten in the lower left corner of the album page in graphite is the text "John A. Whipple / 247 WASH. St. Boston".
- Place captured
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Literature
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- U.S. 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
- 2017.30.21
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain