<I>Learning is Wealth: Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, Slaves from New Orleans</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1864
name: label: Created by
content: Charles Paxson, American
label: Subject of
content: Rebecca Huger, American, born 1852
label: Subject of
content: Charles Taylor, American
label: Subject of
content: Rosina Downs, American
label: Subject of
content: Wilson Chinn, American
notes: label: Description
content: A carte de viste featuring a black and white photograph of three children, two girls and a boy, gathered around a man in a chair. All are holding books. In the center, the boy stands wearing a dark colored jacket and pants. He holds a closed book in front of him using both hands, and looks to his proper left at the man seated in the chair. The man sits wearing a light colored jacket and pants. He is looking towards the open book he holds in his proper left hand. On the other side of the boy are two young girls, both seated, wearing light colored dresses with striped ribbon trim at the bottom of the wide hems. Under the picture is printed the title [LEARNING IS WEALTH / WILSON, CHARLEY, REBECCA & ROSA. / Slaves from New Orleans].
label: Description
content: On the back is printed the copyright notice and a notice that the proceeds from the sale of the photograph will be devoted to "the education of Colored People in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Major General Banks." A photographer's mark reading [CHAS. PAXSON, / PHOTOGRAPHER, / New York] is in the center.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.158.30
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver nitrate on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 x 2 7/16 in. (10.2 x 6.2 cm)