Creator |
Gibson, James F., 1828-, photographer. |
Contributor |
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, copyright holder. |
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Gibson, James F., 1828-, photographer. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
Title |
[Headquarters Lafayette - Headquarters Gen'l Porter. Farinholt's house and York River in the distance.] [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Washington (D.C.) |
Publisher |
D.C. Washington. 1862 |
Date |
1862 |
Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (3.5 x 7 in.) (stereograph format) |
Description |
View from the Civil War showing the headquarters of General Lafayette and General Porter near Yorktown, Virginia during General
McClellan's Campaign on the Peninsula. Depicts white Union soldiers, and African American men and a boy, probably freedom
seekers, posed before Farinholt's dilapidated house supported by a large log. Several camp tents and the York River are seen
in the background.
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Notes |
Title from cdv photograph, Brady's Album Gallery, no. 370. |
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Photographer given in Gardner catalogue (see LCP research file). |
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Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Gardner & Gibson, in the Clerk's
Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia.
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During the Civil War, the U.S. government declared African American freedom seekers as "contraband of war." |
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Alexander Gardner was a respected photographer, businessman, and former manager of Mathew Brady's Washington, D.C. Gallery
who produced the acclaimed "Photographic sketchbook of the Civil War."
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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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.
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Biographical / historical note |
James F. Gibson was a prominent Civil War photographer and one-time manager of Mathew Brady's Washington, D.C. gallery who
also provided images for photographer Alexander Gardner's "Catalogue of photographic incidences of the war..." and "Photographic
sketchbook of the Civil War."
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Subject |
African American boys -- Virginia. |
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African American men -- Virginia. |
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Fugitive slaves -- Virginia. |
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Military headquarters -- Union -- Virginia. |
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Soldiers -- Union -- Virginia. |
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Tents -- Virginia. |
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Freedom seekers -- Virginia. |
Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Small Civil War Photograph Collection - stereos - identified photo. [5779.F.6h] |
Accession number |
5779.F.6h |