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Peep at the Freedmen's Bureau office of Lieut. S. Merrill, superintendent third district

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Image ID

812620


Item data

Title

Peep at the Freedmen's Bureau office of Lieut. S. Merrill, superintendent third district

Collection

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

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1867

Library Location

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

Subjects

Children and adults
African Americans -- History -- 1860-1869
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Men, White -- Virginia -- Richmond -- 1860-1869
Freedmen -- Virginia -- Richmond -- 1860-1869
Merill, H. S. Lieutenant

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Written on mount: "Feb. 2, 1867"
Source Note: Leslie's Weekly. (New York : Frank Leslie, 1855-1922)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 18 x 24 cm. (7 x 9 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17149519
Barcode: 33333159331079
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cee0e0a0-c52e-012f-f8ad-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1867

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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. "Peep at the Freedmen's Bureau office of Lieut. S. Merrill, superintendent third district" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1867. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cee0e0a0-c52e-012f-f8ad-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1867). Peep at the Freedmen's Bureau office of Lieut. S. Merrill, superintendent third district Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cee0e0a0-c52e-012f-f8ad-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Peep at the Freedmen's Bureau office of Lieut. S. Merrill, superintendent third district" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cee0e0a0-c52e-012f-f8ad-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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