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A group of Contrabands"" – Antique Wall Art

A group of Contrabands"", Hartford, Conn. : The War Photograph & Exhibition Company, [between 1861 and 1865, printed later] — historic photograph
A group of Contrabands"", Hartford, Conn. : The War Photograph & Exhibition Company, [between 1861 and 1865, printed later]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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 A group of Contrabands"", a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Few terms from the Civil War carry as much history as "contraband," the word Union officers adopted in 1861 for enslaved people who reached army lines. This stereograph shows such a group, and its record ties it to the Brady studio, with the print issued by the War Photograph & Exhibition Company of Hartford, Connecticut, as number 2594 in its series. Stereo cards like this were viewed in pairs through a hand viewer, bringing images of the war into parlors. The sitters are not named in the record, so the card is best read as a document of how the war upended Black lives and how northern audiences were shown that upheaval.

Created / publishedHartford, Conn. : The War Photograph & Exhibition Company, [between 1861 and 1865, printed later]
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreGroup portraits 1860-1870.Portrait photographs 1860-1870.Stereographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesCivil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The war for the Union, photographic war history, publisher. No. 2594. Print from Mathew Brady studio negative; cf.
SubjectsAfrican Americans--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African-Americans.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,289 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194540

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