Image: Freedoms Banner Charley a slave boy from New Orelans 1864

Description: Charley a slave boy from New Orleans c. 1864. Freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, in 1863 Charley was taken to Philadelphia and New York to help raise money for the education of freedmen. Library of Congress metadata follows: Title: Charley, a slave boy from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N.Y. Creator(s): Paxson, Chas. (Charles), -1880, photographer Date Created/Published: c1864. Medium: 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen ; 10 x 6 cm. Summary: Photograph shows a full-length portrait of freed slave, Charles Taylor, sitting, facing front. The United States flag is draped on the floor next to him. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-11226 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-ppmsca-11227 (digital file from original item, back) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Access Advisory: Use digital images. Original served only by appointment because material requires special handling. For more information see,(https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/617_apptonly.html) Call Number: LOT 14022, no. 184 [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Notes: Title from item. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. for the Southern District of New-York" printed on back of the mount. "The nett [sic] 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 Banks" printed on back of the mount. Caption below image: "Freedom's banner". "No. 7" printed on back of the mount. "GG984" written in pencil on back of the mount. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV102; slave children. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.184) General information about the Gladstone collection is available at, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.gld Subjects: African Americans--Children--1860-1870. Freedmen--Louisiana--New Orleans--1860-1870. Boys--1860-1870. Flags--American--1860-1870. Format: Albumen prints--1860-1870. Cartes de visite--1860-1870. Portrait photographs--1860-1870. Collections: Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs Part of: Carte de visite photographs from the Gladstone collection Bookmark This Record: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010647888/
Title: Freedoms Banner Charley a slave boy from New Orelans 1864
Credit: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010647888/ Library of Congress
Author: Charles Paxson copyrighted 1864
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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