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Title
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The Slave Market, Atlanta, Ga.
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Description
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First image is of a sepia colored stereograph on yellow cardstock. The side by side photographs contain one human figure in a hat and with a rifle, leaning against a building that is flanked by two other buildings. The building on the left has a sign that reads “F. GEUTEBRUCK.” The center building has a sign on the upper floor that reads “CHINA GLASS / & / QUEENSWARE’ and “AUCTION & NEGRO SALES” on the lower level. Also on the lower level is a sign in a window that reads “LAMP, PINE / & / KEROSENE OILS.” The building on the right has a sign that reads “ATLANTA /CIGAR/ MANUFACTORY.” The rest of the road is clear and a few buildings continue down after the one on the right. Printed vertically in black ink on the yellow card stock reads “PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY,” on the left and “THE WAR FOR THE UNION,” on the right. On the back is a blue piece of paper with black text that 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.” The blue paper also contains an Internal Revenue Two Cent Proprietary stamp with the image of George Washington.
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Rights
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Public Domain.
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Creator
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Barnard George N (1819-1902)
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Date
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1864 C.E.
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Format
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Albumen and silver on paper, ink on card stock. 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)
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Publisher
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Identifier
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2018.43.12
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Subject
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Photography; stereographs; domestic slave trade; slavery; Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; United States; auction; war; union.
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Source
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Jpg file. Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 11/4/2021. https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2018.43.12?destination=edan-search/collection_search%3Fedan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dtopic%253A%2522Slavery%2522
