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Photo of the Day – 12/19/18 (“Former Slave with Horn”, 1939)

Daily Photo — “Former Slave with Horn, 1939”

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April 1939. “Old Negro [former slave] with horn with which slaves were called; Near Marshall, Texas.” Additional title: [An African American man sitting in doorway and holding a horn, April 1939.] Gelatin Silver print by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. 

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Posted by on December 19, 2018 in Daily Photo

 

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Photo of the Day – 11/2/15 (“Free At Last”, 1865)

Daily Photo — “Free At Last, 1865”

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June 9, 1865. “Negro freedmen by canal — group of Contrabands at Haxall’s Mill, Richmond.” Wet plate stereograph by Alexander Gardner.

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Posted by on November 2, 2015 in Daily Photo

 

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