Contrabands on Mr. Tollers' Farm

Artist Studio of Mathew Brady (American, active 1843 - 1885)

Date1862

MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite

DimensionsImage and sheet: 2 1/8 × 3 3/8 inches (5.4 × 8.57 cm)
Mount: 2 1/2 × 4 inches (6.35 × 10.16 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.353

SignedOn mount verso, center, in black type: BRADY'S ALBUM GALLERY. / No. 383."

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M.B. BRADY, in the Clerk's Office of the / District Court of the District of Columbia." / On mount verso, center, in black type: "Contrabands on Mr. Toller's Farm, / CUMBERLAND - 14th May, 1862." "The Photographs of this series were taken directly from nature, at con-/siderable cost. Warning is therefore given that legal proceedings will / be at once instituted against any party infringing the copyright."

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DescriptionImage of a group (men, women, and children) gathered outside of a doorway.

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