Showing posts with label african american. Show all posts
Showing posts with label african american. Show all posts

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Photo of a Janitor Named Henry Watts at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1862)

Portrait of Dickinson College janitor Henry Watts posing with a number of items including a bucket, broom, anatomical poster, globe, furnace and lantern slide projector in February 1862. He also has a number of keys strung across his chest and is holding his hat in his left hand. Taken by Amateur Photographic Exchange Club member Charles Himes and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Animated Stereoview of Four Union Soldiers and an African American Man Eating a Meal in a Camp During the Civil War (1861)


Animated stereoview of four Union soldiers and an African American man (probably a camp servant) eating a meal in an unidentified camp during the Civil War, c. 1861. By Thomas C. Roche.

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Friday, August 21, 2015

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Friday, April 24, 2015

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

John Flynn Posing With Abraham Lincoln's Horse Named Old Robin on the Day of Lincoln's Funeral in Springfield, Illinois (1865)


John Flynn posing with Abraham Lincoln's horse named Old Robin on the day of Lincoln's funeral in Springfield, Illinois, May 4, 1865. Flynn had bought Old Robin from Lincoln on January 23, 1861. The unidentified African American man was employed as Flynn's groom. Image from Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Friday, March 6, 2015

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Two Union Officers and Two Other Unidentified Men Posing in Front of a Tent During the Civil War


"Captains Jane and Clark." Two Union officers and two other unidentified men posing in front of a tent during the Civil War. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Three Union Soldiers and Two African American Camp Servant Boys Posing in Front of a Tent During the Civil War


Three Union soldiers and two African American camp servant boys posing in front of a tent in an unidentified camp during the Civil War. Attributed to Mathew Brady. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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