Object Details
- Photograph by
- John D. Heywood, American
- Subject of
- Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Description
- A sepia tone carte-de-visite of a Freedmen’s School. Standing closing together in front of a large building composed of logs and wide planks, several children are photographed on a bright day, surrounded by mature skinny trees. This image captures just one of the many Freedman’s Schools established after the Civil War, tasked with educating, clothing, and housing former slaves. On the left of the photograph stands a woman wearing a large dark skirt and jacket. On the right of the photograph stands a man wearing hat, bright shirt, and dark trousers.
- On the reverse of the carte-de-visite are graphite inscriptions and the photographer’s stamp: [J. D. HEYWOODS / PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS / CRAVEN ST / Sd B??? South P. O / NEW BERNE, N. C.].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- ca. 1868
- Object number
- 2020.10.9.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Medium
- albumen on wove paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 2 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (5.7 × 9.5 cm)
- H x W (card): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.2 × 6.2 cm)
- Place captured
- New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- Children
- Education
- Freedom
- Military
- Photography
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2020.10.9.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd511f70520-74ba-42ec-9dea-b42fd4da199e
