- Photograph by
- Heywood, John D., American
- Subject of
- Capt. James, Horace, American, 1818 - 1875
- Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872
- Date
- 1865
- Medium
- albumen on wove paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 2 3/16 × 3 3/16 in. (5.6 × 8.1 cm)
- H x W (card): 2 7/16 × 4 in. (6.2 × 10.1 cm)
- Description
- A sepia tone carte-de-visite of the office and quarters of Captain Horace James. Captured with asymmetrical vignette is the large light-colored house of Captain Horace James, Union Army chaplain and a Freedmen's Bureau superintendent in North Carolina. There are several trees with bare branches throughout the property, the majority captured within the picket fencing that surrounds the house. A two-wheel cart rests by the largest tree, just outside the gate to the house.
- On the reverse of the carte-de-visite is an ink inscription describing the image on the front of the card [Office & Quarters of Capt. H. James A.Q.M., Sup't Freedmen, New Berne, NC.], and the photographer’s stamp: [J. D. HEYWOOD'S / PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS / CRAVEN ST / 3rd Door South P. O / NEW BERNE, N. C.].
- Place captured
- New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2020.10.9.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




