| Creator |
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer. |
| Contributor |
Bacon, Philip, copyright holder. |
| Title |
These children [graphic] : Were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St., Philadelphia on account of color. / J.E.
McClees, Artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
|
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1863 |
| Date |
1863 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 7 x 10 cm (4 x 2.5 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 schools in Louisiana for formerly enslaved people, the rebuffed children were accepted at the Continental Hotel.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date from copyright. Copyrighted by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen and founder of the first school in
Louisiana for formerly enslaved people.
|
|
Photographer's imprint stamped on verso. |
|
Stamped on verso: The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted to the education of Colored People
in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen'l Banks.
|
|
See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71. (LCP **Per H, 1864). |
|
Accessioned 1982. |
|
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. |
|
Freedmen -- Education -- Louisiana. |
|
Racially mixed people. |
|
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States. |
|
Antislavery movements -- United States. |
|
Freedom seekers -- United States. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Anti-slavery photographic prints -- 1860-1870. |
|
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
|
Group portraits -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv portraits-group- Emancipated Enslaved Children [P.8925.1] |
| Accession number |
P.8925.1 |
