Carte-de-visite of the office and quarters of Captain Horace James
date: label: Date
content: 1865
name: label: Photograph by
content: John D. Heywood, American
label: Subject of
content: Capt. Horace James, American, 1818 - 1875
label: Subject of
content: Freedmen's Bureau, American, 1865 - 1872
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone carte-de-visite of the office and quarters of Captain Horace James. Captured with asymmetrical vignette is the large light-colored house of Captain Horace James, Union Army chaplain and a Freedmen's Bureau superintendent in North Carolina. There are several trees with bare branches throughout the property, the majority captured within the picket fencing that surrounds the house. A two-wheel cart rests by the largest tree, just outside the gate to the house.
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the carte-de-visite is an ink inscription describing the image on the front of the card [Office & Quarters of Capt. H. James A.Q.M., Sup't Freedmen, New Berne, NC.], and the photographer’s stamp: [J. D. HEYWOOD'S / PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS / CRAVEN ST / 3rd Door 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: Education
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: 2020.10.9.1
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 3/16 × 3 3/16 in. (5.6 × 8.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 2 7/16 × 4 in. (6.2 × 10.1 cm)