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Title: Rosa A slave girl from New Orleans
Description: Abolitionist, vignette-size portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Rosina Downs. Freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, the child toured through the North with other people emancipated from enslavement to raise funds for the schools of Louisiana for the formerly enslaved established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen. Downs, daughter of a multiracial mother and Confederate soldier, was one of three touring children denied entrance to a Philadelphia hotel in December 1863., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Probably by Philadelphia photographer James E. McClees., See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1983), p. 187-210., One of the cartes de visite trimmed and originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War materials [(2)1540.F.13e]. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits -sitter- Downs [P.8925.6; (2)1540.F.13e]

Title: Rebecca A slave girl from New Orleans
Description: Abolitionist, bust-length portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Rebecca Huger. Freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, the child toured through the North with other people emancipated from enslavement to raise funds for the schools of Louisiana for the formerly enslaved established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen. Huger, daughter of her enslaver, was one of three touring children denied entrance to a Philadelphia hotel in December 1863., Title from item., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Copyrighted by Rob[er]t R. Corson, State Military Agent for Philadelphia during the Civil War, and later, Corresponding Secretary for the Pennsylvania branch of the American Freedmen's Union Commission., 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., Manuscript note on verso: Rebecca Euge 10., Gift of Marguerite S. Brenner., See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1985), p. 187-210., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Huger [P.9057.81]

Title: Rebecca A slave girl from New Orleans
Description: Full-length, abolitionist portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Rebecca Huger. Depicts Huger, attired in a long-sleeved dress with decorative stripes, standing between scenery props of a stone window adorned with ivy and a full-length mirror, which reflects her profile. Freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, the child toured through the North with other people emancipated from enslavement to raise funds for the schools of Louisiana for the formerly enslaved established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen. Huger, daughter of her enslaver, was one of three touring children denied entrance to a Philadelphia hotel in December 1863., Title from item., Attributed to Charles Paxson., Date from copyright information and content. Copyrighted by S. Tackaberry., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: N.B. - All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent, [National Freedman's Relief Association], Box 809, P.O. Boston, Mass., 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 Major General Banks., Contains cancelled 2 cents revenue stamp on verso., 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., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Creator: Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer
Date: 1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - Huger (sitter) [P.9971]

Title: Rebecca A slave girl from New Orleans
Description: Abolitionist portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Rebecca Huger. Depicts a bust-length portrait of Huger attired in a crocheted jacket and bonnet. Freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, the child toured through the North with other people emancipated from enslavement to raise funds for the schools of Louisiana for the formerly enslaved established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen. Huger, daughter of her enslaver, was one of three touring children denied entrance to a Philadelphia hotel in December 1863., Title from item., Date from copyright information and content., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: N.B. - All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent, [National Freedman's Relief Association], Box 809, P.O. Boston, Mass., Printed 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 Major General Banks., 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., Created postfreeze., Purchase 2005., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Creator: Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer
Date: 1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Huger [P.2005.22.1]

Title: Charley A slave boy from New Orleans
Description: Abolitionist portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Charles Taylor. Freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, the child toured through the North with other people emancipated from enslavement to raise funds for schools of Louisiana for the formerly enslaved established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen. Taylor, son of his enslaver, was one of three touring children denied entrance to a Philadelphia hotel in December 1863., Probably by Philadelphia photographer James E. McClees., Title from item., Date inferred from content., In McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Portraits. (LCP Print Room (1)Uy 5 5775.F.15). McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Civil War Portrait Scrapbook album [(1)Uy 5 5775.F.15]

Title: Robert Small, pilot of the steamer Planter, Charleston, S.C
Description: Bust-length portrait of the formerly enslaved and later South Carolina congressman who commandeered and harbored fifteen enslaved people on the Confederate steamer, "Planter," consequently escaping to freedom across the Charleston Bay in May 1862. Smalls, a "Planter" crew member who impersonated the Confederate Captain, surrendered the vessel to a flotilla of the Union Blockade after navigating passed several Confederate fortifications. The nationally publicized escape sparked a military campaign to recruit African American volunteers in South Carolina. Small, attired in a white shirt and a dark-colored jacket, looks at the viewer., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., See account of escape with illustrations in Harper's Weekly, June 14, 1862, p. 372. (LCP **Per H, 1863)., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Date: 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits -sitter-Small [(3)5750.F.44b]

Title: Rosa, an emancipated slave from New Orleans
Description: Abolitionist portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned child emancipated from enslavement, Rosina Downs, attired in a hat, a pleated dress with stripes at the bottom, and a dark-colored cape. Freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, the child toured through the North with other people emancipated from enslavement to raise funds for the Louisiana schools for the formerly enslaved established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen. Downs, daughter of a multiracial mother and Confederate soldier, was one of three touring children denied entrance to a Philadelphia hotel in December 1863., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Probably by New York photographer, M.H. Kimball., See Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 71., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1985), p. 187-210., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits -sitter- Downs [P.8925.5]

Title: Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence A redeemed slave child, 5 years of age. Redeemed in Virginia, by Catherine S. Lawrence; baptized in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church, by Henry Ward Beecher, May, 1863
Description: Full-length portrait of the acclaimed girl emancipated from enslavement. Depicts Lawrence, attired in a lavish off-the-shoulder dress, seated, and holding a hat adorned with a ribbon and feathers in her lap. She is posed next to a basket and in front of a maritime backdrop. An outstretched drape covers her seat., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawrence, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York., Purchase 2014., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., See Kathleen Collin, "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September, 1985), p. 187-210.
Creator: Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896, photographer
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Lawrence [P.2014.13]

Title: Fannie Lawrence
Description: Full-length portrait of the acclaimed girl emancipated from enslavement. Freed in Virginia by military nurse Catherine S. Lawrence, Fannie was publicized as the "redeemed slave child" baptized by Henry Ward Beecher at age five at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn in May 1863. Depicts Lawrence, dressed in a fancy hat and cape, leaning against a balustrade., Probably by Boston photographer James Wallace Black., Title from manuscript note on verso., Dated based on the presented age of the sitter., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September, 1985), p. 187-210., Purchase 1987., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Lawrence [P.9194]

Title: Our protection. Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave children from New Orleans
Description: Abolitionist group portrait of the propagandized fair-skinned children emancipated from enslavement, Rosina Downs, Charles Taylor, and Rebecca Huger. Shows the children, who were freed in New Orleans by General Benjamin Butler, side-by-side, draped in a large American flag. The children, touring the North with a group of people emancipated from enslavement to raise funds for the Louisiana schools for the formerly enslaved established by Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen, Phillip Bacon, were also publicized as the children denied entrance in December 1863 to the Philadelphia hotel, the St. Lawrence., Title from item., Date from copyright information. Copyrighted by S. Tackaberry., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: N.B.-All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent, [National Freedmen's Relief Association], No. 1 Mercer Street, New York., Stamped on verso: No. 9., 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)., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1985), p. 187-210., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Creator: Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer
Date: 1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits-group-Emancipated Enslaved Children [P.9846]

Title: These children Were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St., Philadelphia on account of color
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., 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., 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.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits- group- Emancipated enslaved children [5775.F.68]

Title: These children Were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St., Philadelphia on account of color
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., 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., 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.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits-group- Emancipated Enslaved Children [P.8925.1]

Title: Isaac and Rosa, emancipated slave children, from the free schools of Louisiana
Description: Abolitionist portrait of the propagandized emancipated enslaved children, Isaac White and Rosina Downs, standing, arm-in-arm. Isaac has brown skin, and wears a shirt jacket, pants, and broad tie. He has his left hand tucked into his shirt jacket. Rosina has fair skin, and wears an off-the-shoulder, calf-length dress, cinched at the waist, and with stripe details on the neckline and skirt. She also wears pantaloons. Freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, the children toured through the North with other emancipated enslaved people, and Colonel George H. Hanks, to raise funds for the emancipated enslaved schools of Louisiana established by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863 by Geo. H. Hanks, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. for the Sou. Dist. of N.Y., 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., Accessioned 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Creator: Kimball, M. H., photographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait cdvs-Emancipated Enslaved Children [P.8925.7]

Title: Learning is wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, slaves from New Orleans
Description: Abolitionist group portrait of propagandized people emancipated enslavement in New Orleans by General Benjamin Butler. Fair-skinned children Charles Taylor, Rebecca Huger, Rosina Downs, and dark-skinned adult Wilson Chinn, his forehead branded with the initials of his former enslaver, all hold books and read together. The emancipated people were touring the North to raise funds for the Louisiana schools for formerly enslaved people established by Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen, Phillip Bacon., Title from item., Date from copyright information. Copyright by S. Tackaberry., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: N.B.- All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent,[National Freedmen's Relief Association], No. 1 Mercer Street, New York., Stamped on verso: No. 6., Stamped on verso: The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted to the education of the 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)., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 19855), p. 187-210., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Creator: Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer
Date: 1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits-group-Emancipated Enslaved Children [P.9879]

Title: A Virginia slave child in 1863
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of five-year old child emancipated from enslavement, Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, with her adoptive mother Catherine S. Lawrence. Freed in Virginia by Lawrence, a military nurse, Fannie was publicized as the "redeemed slave child" baptized by Henry Ward Beecher at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn in May 1863. Depicts the fair-skinned Fannie, attired in a straw hat, a cape, and a dress, standing and holding the gloved hand of the seated Catherine Lawrence, attired in a bonnet with a black lace veil and a bow under her chin, a dark-colored dress, and a cape., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by T.C. Fanning, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Plymouth Church., Copyrighted by T.C. Fanning. Possibly New York publisher, Thomas C. Fanning., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children" History of photography 9 (July-September, 1985), p. 187-210., Purchase 2002., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Creator: Van Dorn, photographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Lawrence [P.9995]

Title: Emancipated slaves Brought from Louisiana by Col. Geo. H. Hanks. The children are from the schools established by order of Maj. Gen. Banks
Description: Abolitionist group portrait of emancipated enslaved men, woman, and children, freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, on tour through the North to raise funds for the emancipated enslaved schools of Louisiana. Depicts Wilson Chinn, his forehead branded with the initials of his former master; Colonel Hank's cook, Mary Johnson; ordained preacher, Robert Whitehead; African American child, Isaac White; and the fair-skinned children Charles Taylor, Augusta Broujey, Rebecca Huger, and Rosina Downs. Names of the emancipated enslaved people printed below image. Proceeds from the sale of the photograph were to be donated to the education of emancipated enslaved people in the Department of the Gulf., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Philip Bacon, in the Clerk's Office of the United States for the Southern District of New-York., Image reproduced as wood engraving with accompanying article in Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 69 and p. 71. (LCP **Per H, 1864)., Copyrighted by Philip Bacon, Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen and founder of first emancipated enslaved school in Louisiana., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1985), p. 187-210., Accessioned 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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.
Creator: Kimball, M. H., photographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs - emancipation [P.9864]

Title: Emancipated slaves Brought from Louisiana by Col. Geo. H. Hanks. The children are from the schools established by order of Maj. Gen. Banks
Description: Abolitionist group portrait of emancipated enslaved men, woman, and children, freed by Union General Butler in New Orleans, on tour through the North to raise funds for the emancipated enslaved schools of Louisiana. Depicts Wilson Chinn, his forehead branded with the initial of his former master; Colonel Hank's cook, Mary Johnson; ordained preacher, Robert Whitehead; African American child, Isaac White; and the fair-skinned children Charles Taylor, Augusta Broujey, Rebecca Huger, and Rosina Downs. Names of the emancipated enslaved people printed below image., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Geo. H. Hanks, in the Clerk's Office of the United States for the Southern District of New-York., Image reproduced as wood engraving with accompanying article in Harper's weekly, January 30, 1864, p. 69 and p. 71. (LCP **Per H, 1864)., Copyrighted by George H. Hanks, abolitionist, civil rights activist, and Civil War colonel., Label on verso: The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted exclusively to the education of colored people in the Department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen. Banks., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of miscellaneous Civil War prints. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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., See Kathleen Collin's "Portraits of slave children," History of photography 9 (July-September 1985), p. 187-210.
Creator: Kimball, M. H., photographer
Date: 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs - emancipation [(1)5786.F.108]

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