Carte-de-visite of a Freedmen's School with students and teachers
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1868
name: label: Photograph by
content: John D. Heywood, American
label: Subject of
content: Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.].
place: label: Place captured
content: New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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: 2020.10.9.2
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
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 on wove paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 2 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (5.7 × 9.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.2 × 6.2 cm)