Title: WITHDRAWNRosa. Rebecca. Augusta. Emancipated Slave Children from our Schools in New Orleans Author: Whitney & Paradise Place: New Orleans Publisher: S. Tackaberry Date: [1863] Description: Carte-de-visite photograph on original printed card, overall 4¼x2½". This photograph was used for fund-raising and recruitment of progressive teachers for the public schools of New Orleans run by Major General Banks. Northern viewers would have been startled that these Caucasian-featured children were legally Black, and former slaves. Ownership signature of Mrs Cecelia Babcock of Salem Mass on verso. Lot Amendments Condition: Small nick to photograph and a little minor spotting; very good or better. Item number: 164114
Title: WITHDRAWNRosa. Rebecca. Augusta. Emancipated Slave Children from our Schools in New Orleans Author: Whitney & Paradise Place: New Orleans Publisher: S. Tackaberry Date: [1863] Description: Carte-de-visite photograph on original printed card, overall 4¼x2½". This photograph was used for fund-raising and recruitment of progressive teachers for the public schools of New Orleans run by Major General Banks. Northern viewers would have been startled that these Caucasian-featured children were legally Black, and former slaves. Ownership signature of Mrs Cecelia Babcock of Salem Mass on verso. Lot Amendments Condition: Small nick to photograph and a little minor spotting; very good or better. Item number: 164114
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