<I>Gordon Under Medical Inspection</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1863
name: label: Created by
content: McPherson & Oliver, American
label: Subject of
content: Gordon, American
label: Subject of
content: Frederick W. Mercer, American, 1838 - 1910
notes: label: Description
content: Carte-de-visite of a formerly enslaved man identified only as Private Gordon. Gordon is seated with his bare back turned to the camera. There are severe raised scars from just above his shoulder blades to his lower back. He head is facing to the left and can be seen in profile while his left hand is resting on his left hip. Written on the back is "FROM LIFE, Taken at Baton Rouge, La. April 27, 1863 / Camp Parapet, La. / Augst. 4th 1863 / Colonel, / I have found a large number of the four hundred contrabands examined by me to be as badly lacurated as the specimen represented in the enclosed photograph. / Very respectfully Yours, / J.W. Mercer / Asst. Surgeon 47th M.V.". There is also a stamp in black ink which states: "FacSimile of original Official Report to Col. L.B. Marsh."
place: label: Place captured
content: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Fugitive enslaved
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.155.54
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen prints
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 on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 x 2 3/8 in. (10.2 x 6 cm)