Image of African American "contraband" men dancing and playing banjo at night in a Union military camp during the American Civil War; three soldiers, including two African American men, look on near a campfire in front of a tent with an American flag flying above it. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history and similar items in collection (priJLC_MIL_002376; priJLC_MIL_002377); Bufford was located at 313 Washington from 1856, and changed business name in 1865. "Issued from Bufford's Print Publishing House 313 Washington St. Boston."--text, bottom center margin. "52."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 : ; overall 34.29 x 26.99 cm (13 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.)
African American men--Pictorial works Contraband of war Entertainers--Pictorial works Military camps--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Small Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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