Beaufort South Carolina. Negro family representing several generations. All born on – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Beaufort South Carolina. Negro family representing several generations. All born on, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Beaufort South Carolina. Negro family representing several generations. All born on
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Five generations stand together in this stereograph, and the original caption stresses that all of them were born on the plantation of J. J. Smith near Beaufort, South Carolina. Union forces had occupied the Beaufort area in late 1861, and by 1862 many formerly enslaved people there were living under federal control, which drew photographers to the region. The image is a pair of glass plates made with the wet collodion process, and the negative sleeve credits Timothy H. O'Sullivan, though the record also lists James F. Gibson. Viewed through a stereoscope, the two halves give the group a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Photographer name from negative sleeve: T. H. OSullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: Negro family representing five generations. All born on the plantation of J. J. Smith Beaufort S.C. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 3,778 × 5,120 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52560 |
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