The Misses Cooke's school room, Freedman's Bureau, Richmond, Va. / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of The Misses Cooke's school room, Freedman's Bureau, Richmond, Va. / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Misses Cooke's school room, Freedman's Bureau, Richmond, Va. / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor.
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This wood engraving shows a classroom run under the Freedmen's Bureau in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy, in 1866. The record names Elizabeth Crocker Bowers and Frank Pigeon among the people associated with the scene. Founded in 1865 to aid formerly enslaved people and poor refugees, the Bureau supported schools that drew many Northern teachers and Black students eager for education, which was often forbidden under slavery. The image was drawn from a sketch by James E. Taylor and published in *Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper* in November 1866, when Reconstruction was still being contested.
| Created / published | 1866 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 3 prints : wood engraving; with text. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1860-1870.Periodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.23, 1866 Nov. 17, p. 132. |
| Subjects | Bowers, Elizabeth Crocker,--1830-1895. Pigeon, Frank. United States.--Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--People. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,282 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-197717 |
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