<I>No. 2594: "Contrabands" made happy by employment as army teamsters. This shows a glimpse of their first "free" home; being their winter quarters near City Point, Va.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1861-1865; published 1890
name: label: Created by
content: John C. Taylor, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: Albumen print stereograph titled [No. 2594 "Contrabands" made happy by employment as army teamsters. This shows a glimpse of their first "free" home; being their winter quarters near City Point, Va.] from the series [1861-1865 The War for the Union: --Photographic History] published by John C. Taylor. The streograph images depict eight men standing in a line looking directly at the camera. The men wear a variety of uniforms and all are wearing hats. The men stand in front of a large wagon with wheels visible. Behind the wagon is a building with its door open that wraps around to the proper right and can be seen behind the wagon. On the bottom left photograph on the left [3594] is handwritten in graphite. The photographs are attached to a yellow mount. On each side on the photographs are printed text that reads on the left, [THE WAR FOR THE UNION.] and on the right, [PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.] On the back of the stereograph, across the top, is the title/caption. In the center is the series title, [1861. THE WAR FOR THE UNION:--PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY. 1865]. Two paragraphs follow explaining the increase in price because many of the photographs from this era have been destroyed. At the bottom left the image is [copyrighted]. The publisher is printed on the right, [JOHN C. TAYLOR, NO. 17 ALLEN PLACE, HARTFORD, CONN.]
place: label: Place depicted
content: City Point, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Hartford, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family 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, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.105.9
objectType: label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: stereographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and albumen on photographic paper with ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 × 6 15/16 in. (8.9 × 17.7 cm)