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“Blind Wizard of the Piano”

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Christopher George

W. L. Germon’s Temple of Art, [Thomas Wiggins], ca. 1865 (823.1990) “Academy of Music Phila[delphia] Dec 28th [18]65 Blind Tom played Yankee Doodle with his right hand – Fishers Hornpipe with his left. and sang Tramp, Tramp, all at the … Continue reading →

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Millie-Christine

Posted on January 3, 2013 by fansinaflashbulb

John H. Fitzgibbon, 2 Headed Girl, Millie-Crissie, ca. 1870 (1573.1990) Ollivier Photo, Millie Christine: The Carolina Twin, surnamed the 2-headed Nightingale, ca. 1880 (1546.1990) Frank Wendt, [Millie-Christine], ca. 1900 (2011.47.70) Millie-Christine McKoy (1851-1912), twins joined at the lower spine, was … Continue reading →

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I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance

Posted on December 27, 2012 by erinbarnett

Unidentified Photographer, I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. Sojourner Truth, 1864 (182.2003) Unidentified Photographer, I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. Sojourner Truth, 1864 (2007.113.1) Noel B. Baker, I sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. Sojourner Truth, 1864 … Continue reading →

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The Capture of Jefferson Davis by the Fourth Michigan Cavalry

Posted on May 18, 2012 by erinbarnett

George W. Lonsbury, [Benjamin D. Pritchard], ca. 1867 Stansbury & Co., [Benton D. Thurston], ca. 1865 Stansbury & Co., [Johnson Saur], ca. 1865 Stansbury & Co., [Horace Bascome Warner], ca. 1865 Stansbury & Co., [John Sullivan], ca. 1865 The exhibition … Continue reading →

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Jefferson Davis Dressed as a Woman

Posted on January 13, 2012 by erinbarnett

Unidentified Photographer, “Jeff Davis and His Last Ditch,” 1865 Unidentified Photographer, Jeff Davis in disguise, as he appeared at the time of his capture, 1865 Francis Hacker, Jeff’s Soliloquy, to be or Not to be (hanged) that’s the question, 1865 … Continue reading →

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Pocket Photographs: The Carte-de-Visite Revisited

Posted on December 27, 2011 by fansinaflashbulb

Abraham Bogardus, Jubilee Singers, ca. 1876 Mathew B. Brady; published by E. & H.T. Anthony and Co., [Edwin Booth and his daughter Edwina], 1865 Broadbent & Phillips, [Unidentified Union Soldier], ca. 1862-65 Charles Eisenmann, The Original Eliophobus Family: Rudolph Lucasie, … Continue reading →

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Youthful Murderer

Posted on September 26, 2011 by fansinaflashbulb

Unidentified Photographer, Youthful Murderer, Charles H. Cuffee, ca. 1870 Without concrete facts it is hard to find a connection between the face of this young boy to the title of “murderer.” Fourteen-year-old Charles H. Cuffee was accused for the bludgeoning … Continue reading →

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These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St., Philadelphia, on account of Color

Posted on February 28, 2011 by erinbarnett

James Earle McClees, These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St., Philadelphia, on account of Color, 1863 During the Civil War, schools for freedmen, ex-slaves, and their children were set up in many areas of the … Continue reading →

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The Scourged Back

Posted on February 25, 2011 by erinbarnett

McPherson & Oliver (attributed), The Scourged Back, 1863 This searing image was widely circulated by Northern abolitionists to demonstrate the brutality of slavery. It represents the severe scars left by whipping on the back of Gordon, a former slave who … Continue reading →

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Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Christopher George

Unidentified Photographer, Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature, ca. 1868–72 (442.2005) In 1867, the governments of the former Confederate states were restructured to reflect the new political order of the post-Civil War South. Federal troops oversaw the implementation of … Continue reading →

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