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The Freedmen's Bureau at Richmond, Virginia

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Image ID

812615


Item data

Title

The Freedmen's Bureau at Richmond, Virginia

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
African-American History -- 1860s

Names

Hamilton, John R. (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1865

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-H-186

Subjects

African Americans -- History -- 1860-1869
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Buildings -- Virginia -- Richmond -- 1860-1869
Pedestrians -- Virginia -- Richmond -- 1860-1869

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Written on border: "Dec. 23, 1865" Printed on border: "Sketched by J. R. Hamilton. --See page 811."
Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 18 x 24 cm. (7 x 9 1/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17149519
Barcode: 33333159331020
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c909f0a0-c52e-012f-79df-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1865

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Freedmen's Bureau at Richmond, Virginia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1865. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c909f0a0-c52e-012f-79df-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1865). The Freedmen's Bureau at Richmond, Virginia Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c909f0a0-c52e-012f-79df-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Freedmen's Bureau at Richmond, Virginia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c909f0a0-c52e-012f-79df-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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