Eight unidentified Black children, Capitol Hill School, Washington, D.C.

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Item Information

Title:
Eight unidentified Black children, Capitol Hill School, Washington, D.C.
Date:
1866
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Tintypes
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Children, Black
Students
Students, Black
Places:
District of Columbia > Washington
Extent:
1 photograph : tintype ; mount10 x 6 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/j3867b04s
Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Referenced by:
Link to full item description
Link to archival description
Notes:
Photograph titles from inscriptions and captions on mounts.
Inscribed on back: Capitol Hill School / Washington. October 1866 / A.W. Allen [Anna W. Allen]
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Estate of Ednah Dow Cheney; 19050313.
Notes (exhibitions):
This item was displayed in the exhibition "Revolution! 250 Years of Art and Activism in Boston," October 2025-April 2026.
Notes (publications):
Item from: "Photograph album of teachers of the New England Freedman's & Union Commission"
Identifier:
80
74910
06_01_019931_0080
Call #:
RARE BKS MS q G.3.30
Cab.G.3.30 (no longer used)
Barcode:
39999086885439