Chas. Paxson, New York, NY Cameo profile of Rebecca; girl facing right. Stamped recto, beneath photograph, "Rebecca. A Slave Girl from New Orleans." Carte de visite

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection (JWJ MSS 54) > Series I. Visual Material > CARTES DE VISITE > Chas. Paxson, New York, NY Cameo profile of Rebecca; girl facing right. Stamped recto, beneath photograph, "Rebecca. A Slave Girl from New Orleans." Carte de visite

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Title: Chas. Paxson, New York, NY Cameo profile of Rebecca; girl facing right. Stamped recto, beneath photograph, "Rebecca. A Slave Girl from New Orleans." Carte de visite
Creator: From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created: 1864
Description: Stamped verso: "No. 2," copyright inscription, inscription regarding proceeds (see previous), photographer's identification. Final inscription: "N.B. -- All orders must be addressed to H.N. Bent, No. 1 Mercer Street, New York." Each of the four photographs that follow were taken by Chas. Paxson and follow the same inscription format verso.
Provenance: Purchase from Swann Galleries, Inc., 1995 on various funds.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

JWJ MSS 54

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Box 11, folder 507

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Citation: Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.