Waiting for the Hour
Carte-de-visite of an emancipation watch night meeting
- Created by
- Heard & Moseley, American
- Subject of
- Carlton, William Tolman, American, 1818 - 1888
- Date
- 1863
- Medium
- albumen and silver nitrate on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (10.8 x 6.4 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of a group of African Americans gathered around a man with a pocket watch, leaning on a pulpit made out of U.S. Sanitation Commission crates. A sign on the wall reads "1 Jan-Slaves Forever Free." The text in chain links on the sides read "Waiting for the Hour - Watch Meeting Dec 31, 1862."
- Place made
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- Topic
- Emancipation
- Law
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.77.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.