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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—
PHOTOGRAPHY.) MANSFIELD,
PHOTOGRAPHER.
The Albino or
White Negro Girl.
Carte-de-visite for-
mat with small (4 x 3.25 cm) albumen
photograph in the center of an elaborate
printed border.
St Louis: Mansfield, [1864]
[600/800]
A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF A RARE CARTE
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DE
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VISITE
. Helen Ann Windman Walker and
Henry Sedam Walker were “twin brother and
sister, offspring of colored parents 8 years of age
on the 2 of May 1864.” They were “exhib-
ited” at Burnell and Prescott’s Museum. In St
Louis. This was the age of master showman
P.T. Barnum and museums like his New York
establishment sprang up around the country.
So-called “freaks” like the albino girl were a
major draw.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—
PHOTOGRAPHY.) GARDNER,
ALEXANDER.
Slave Pens, Alexandria,
VA.
Typical stereopticon view; some light
wear and discoloration to the mount.
Alexandria, circa 1863-65
[400/600]
One of Alexander Gardner’s 1861-1865
series “Photographic History,” a large series of
photographs, recording the war, issued in various
formats.
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