- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Created by
- Taylor & Huntington, American
- Subject of
- Price, Birch & Co., American, 1858 - 1861
- Date
- 1861
- Medium
- albumen, sodium chloride, silver nitrate and glass
- Dimensions
- H x W (Slide and Mount): 3 1/2 x 4 in. (8.9 x 10.2 cm)
- Description
- A glass lantern slide of a slave pen on the property of slave dealers Price, Birch & Company, where enslaved persons would be held until auction. The image depicts the view through the outer gate into interior of a slave pen. To the left, a building with a series of narrow doors, each with a small barred window. The printed slide casing reads [ORIGINAL WAR VIEWS 1861-1865.] along the left side and [Taylor & Huntington, - Hartford, Conn.] on the right.
- Place depicted
- Alexandria, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- Hartford, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Original War Views 1861-1865
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- lantern slides
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.17.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




