- Created by
- American Missionary Association, American, 1846 - 1999
- Photograph by
- Black, James Wallace, American, 1825 - 1896
- Subject of
- Fisk Jubilee Singers, American, founded 1871
- Date
- 1872
- Medium
- albumen, sodium chloride, silver nitrate on photographic paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Mount): 3 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 1/16 in. (8.3 x 17.1 x 0.2 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white stereograph group photograph of the original Jubilee Singers from Fisk University located in Nashville, Tennessee. The object consists of double photographs of the same image taken from two slightly different perspectives. Stereographs are distinctive among other stereoscopic photographs because they are photographic prints mounted on cards, From 1856 they were produced with twin-lens cameras, creating a three dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope.
- Place depicted
- Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- Topic
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Humanitarianism
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Religion
- Spirituals (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.57.23
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




