Stereoview card of the slave dealers Birch & Co. in Alexandria, Virginia
date: label: Date
content: 1862
name: label: Photograph by
content: Mathew Brady, American, 1822 - 1896
label: Published by
content: E. & H. T. Anthony, American, 1852 - 1901
label: Subject of
content: Price, Birch & Co., American, 1858 - 1861
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: This stereograph card depicts the exterior of a building with armed troops standing in front. Part of the building exterior is a storefront with the words "Price, [illegible] /Dealers in Slaves" over the door and front windows. The rest of the building has a lower roof, and a high blank wall with no windows or doors. In front of the building is a horse and wagon next to a tree, and a number of soldiers in uniform. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is text that reads "THE WAR FOR THE UNION." on the right side margin is text that reads "PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY." On the back of the card is text that reads "WAR VIEWS. / Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. / No. 2300 [crossed out] 2296. [written above]/ Published by E. & H.T. Anthony & CO., / American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New-York/ Negative by Brady, Co., Washington."
place: label: Place captured
content: Alexandria, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Military
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: 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: 2015.248.5.1
objectType: label: Type
content: stereoscopic photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 6 3/16 in. (8 × 15.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 3 3/8 × 6 15/16 in. (8.6 × 17.6 cm)