<I>Waiting for the Hour</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1863
name: label: Created by
content: Heard & Moseley, American
label: Subject of
content: William Tolman Carlton, American, 1818 - 1888
notes: label: Description
content: Carte-de-visite of a group of African Americans gathered around a man with a pocket watch, leaning on a pulpit made out of U.S. Sanitation Commission crates. A sign on the wall reads "1 Jan-Slaves Forever Free." The text in chain links on the sides read "Waiting for the Hour - Watch Meeting Dec 31, 1862."
place: label: Place made
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Carte-de-visite of an emancipation watch night meeting
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
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: 2010.77.7
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen prints
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 nitrate on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (10.8 x 6.4 cm)