The Slave Market, Atlanta, Ga.

Object Details

Photograph by

George N. Barnard, American, 1819 - 1902

Published by

E. & H. T. Anthony, American, 1852 - 1901

Subject of

Unidentified Man or Men

Description

A reddish brown stereograph of the Slave Market, Atlanta, GA. The stereograph has two identical photographs next to each other adhered to yellow card stock. The street scene is almost devoid of people, showing a block of commercial buildings on a slightly down-sloping street. The central building has a sign that reads“CHINA GLASS / & / QUEENSWARE” on the upper floor and “AUCTION & NEGRO SALES” on the bottom floor. A window on the bottom floor has a sign that reads “LAMP, PINE / & / KEROSENE OILS.” Sitting in front of the store is a man in dark clothing. He is wearing a hat and has a rifle propped next to him against a window of the center building. The building on the left side of the image has a sign that reads “F. GEUTEBRUCK.” The buildings on the right side of the image has a sign that reads “ATLANTA / CIGAR / MANUFACTORY.” Printed vertically on the yellow card stock to the left of the images is “PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.” Printed vertically on the yellow card stock to the right of the images is “THE WAR FOR THE UNION.” A blue piece of paper with black text is adhered to the back of the card. The text reads “WAR VIEWS./The Slave Market, Atlanta, Ga./No. 3608/Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co.,/American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New-York.” Also on the blue sheet of paper is an Internal Revenue Two Cent Proprietary stamp featuring an image of George Washington.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family

1864

Object number

2018.43.12

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

albumen prints

stereographs

Medium

albumen and silver on paper, ink on card stock

Dimensions

H x W x D (card): 3 1/4 × 6 15/16 × 1/16 in. (8.3 × 17.6 × 0.1 cm)

H x W (left image): 3 1/8 × 2 13/16 in. (7.9 × 7.2 cm)

H x W (right image): 3 1/16 × 2 3/4 in. (7.8 × 7 cm)

Place captured

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

American South

Domestic slave trade

Photography

Slavery

U.S. History, 1815-1861

Record ID

nmaahc_2018.43.12

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd573c666b7-6273-41b5-b69a-0596cb198fa3