| Creator |
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
| Title |
These children [graphic] : Were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St., Philadelphia on account of color. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1863 |
| Date |
[1863] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 8 x 6 cm (3 x 2.25 in.) (carte de visite format) |
| Description |
Abolitionist group portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned children emancipated from enslavement, Rebecca Huger, Charles
Taylor, and Rosina Downs, denied entrance to the hotel in December 1863 during a fundraising tour of the North. Touring on
behalf of the Louisiana schools for the formerly enslaved established by Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen, Phillip Bacon,
the rebuffed children were accepted at the Continental Hotel. Revenue from the sale of the portrait was to be donated to the
education of emancipated enslaved people in the Department of the Gulf.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date based on content. |
|
Name of photographer from duplicate photograph. |
|
See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71. (LCP **Per H, 1864). |
|
See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1985), p. 187-210. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
Downs, Rosina, approximately 1858- -- Portraits. |
|
Huger, Rebecca, approximately 1852- -- Portraits. |
|
Taylor, Charles, approximately 1855- -- Portraits. |
|
African American boys -- Portraits. |
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African American girls -- Portraits. |
|
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- New York. |
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Freedmen -- Education -- Louisiana. |
|
Racially mixed people. |
|
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States. |
|
Freedom seekers -- United States. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Anti-slavery photographic prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
|
Group portraits -- 1860-1870. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv portraits- group- Emancipated enslaved children [5775.F.68] |
| Accession number |
5775.F.68 |
