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Sisters of the Holy Family, New Orleans, La. – Vintage Print

Sisters of the Holy Family, New Orleans, La., [1899?] — historic photograph
Sisters of the Holy Family, New Orleans, La., [1899?]. Historic photograph from the New Orleans 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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This rare historic photograph captures Sisters of the Holy Family, New Orleans, La. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The Sisters of the Holy Family were founded by Black women for Black women, an unusual arrangement in nineteenth-century America. Henriette Delille and Juliette Gaudin, both free women of color, established the order in New Orleans in 1842 to care for the sick, the poor and the elderly, and to teach children, at a time when the city's Catholic institutions largely excluded Black women from leadership. The caption card reportedly links this photograph to the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900, which was meant to show European visitors the lives and accomplishments of Black Americans. Because the date is only an estimate, the portrait is best read as a record of the sisters' public presence in the late 1890s.

Created / published[1899?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Caption card tracings: African American women; Religion--Clergy; Occupations; Exhibitions; Louisiana; PI; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129832

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