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Images of Juneteenth
Album Description
The day of Jubelo / E. B. Bensell, pinxt ; photo. and pub. by Phil. Pho. Co., 730 Chestnut St.
Anderson and Minerva Edwards, who were freed by the military order that founded Juneteenth. Marshall, Texas, Aug. 3, 1937. Photo: Works Progress Administration. Prints and Photographs Division.
Ashton Villa, built in 1858-59, was the first of Galveston's Broadway "palaces," as well as the first brick house to be built in Texas
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2013650804/?loclr=blogflt
Reference note
Contributor Names: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Created / Published: 2012 October.
Subject Headings: - United States--Texas--Galveston
- America
- Ashton Villa
- House museums
- Galveston Island Visitor Center
Genre: Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
Notes: - Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
- The artistic and eccentric Bettie Brown was mistress of the manor, and her life-size paintings still adorn the showy Gold Room. When the villa was almost razed in 1970, Galveston Historical Foundation led a successful campaign to save it. The building then became a Galveston Island Visitor Center.
- Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2013; (DLC/PP-2002:038-10).
- Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id: highsm 18760 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.18760
The Emancipation Proclamation, Presidential Proclamation 95
First emancipation proclamation, [Facsimile.]
Teaching Notes
This original and draft of the first Emancipation Proclamation as described below by the Assistant Secretary of State was presented to the Albany Army Relief Bazaar in Feb. 1864, and brought the sum of $1,000 for its funds. It became the property of Gerrit Smith, who presented it to the United States Sanitary Commission in 1865, it was purchased by vote of the Legislature of the Commission for $1,000, and ordered to be deposited in the State Library. Albany, 1865.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/scsm000921/?&loclr=reclnk
Reference note
Contributor Names: Lincoln, Abraham (Author)
Seward, William (Author)
Created / Published: January 4, 1864
Subject Headings: - Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Emancipation Proclamation
- fundraising
- Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
- Manuscripts
- Correspondence
- Broadsides
- United States -- New York -- Albany -- Albany
Genre: Manuscripts
Correspondence
Broadsides
Notes: - This original and draft of the first Emancipation Proclamation as described below by the Assistant Secretary of State was presented to the Albany Army Relief Bazaar in Feb. 1864, and brought the sum of $1,000 for its funds. It became the property of Gerrit Smith, who presented it to the United States Sanitary Commission in 1865, it was purchased by vote of the Legislature of the Commission for $1,000, and ordered to be deposited in the State Library. Albany, 1865.
Repository: Rare Book And Special Collections Division
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm0921
Emancipation Proclamation
Teaching Notes
Interesting before and after images here, on this poster created in 1896. I am curious about the context of printing this...to recall emancipation? Lincoln?
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2003666890/
Reference note
Created / Published: c1896 Oct. 12.
Notes: - This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.
- Associated name on shelflist card: Enquirer Print Co.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: pga 01200 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.01200
cph 3a31573 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a31573
Preliminary emancipation proclamation.
Teaching Notes
Note the addendum on slavery as 'the cornerstone' of the Confederacy at the bottom.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/lprbscsm.scsm0950/
Reference note
Contributor Names: Lincoln, Abraham (Author)
Created / Published: September 22, 1862
Subject Headings: - Slavery
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (1812 -1883)
- Seward, William Henry (1801-1872)
- Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
- Broadsides
- United States -- District of Columbia -- Washington
Genre: Broadsides
Repository: Rare Book And Special Collections Division
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm0950
Reading the Emancipation Proclamation / H.W. Herrick, del., J.W. Watts, sc.
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2003678043/
Reference note
Created / Published: [Hartford, Conn. : S.A. Peters and Co.] c 1864.
Notes: - This print accompanied a pamphlet published by Lucius Stebbins, Emancipation Proclamation of January 1st, 1864 [sic].
- Entered according to Act of Congress 1864 by Lucius Stebbins in the clerk's office of the District Court of Connecticut.
- Associated name on shelflist card: Watts, J.W.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id: pga 08518 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.08518
cph 3a08642 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a08642
The day of Jubelo
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010647792/
Reference note
Date Created/Published: [Philadelphia : Phil. Pho. Co.], c1865.
Summary: Photograph shows African Americans (freed slaves?) celebrating in a plantation house, includes couples dancing and children playing.
Call Number: LOT 14022, no. 60 [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Notes: Title from item. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. The photograph reproduces a work by the artist Edward Bensell. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV68; Emancipation. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by J. A. Arthur, in the clerk's office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. "GD686" and "XXXVIII-5" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.60) General information about the Gladstone collection is available at, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.gld
Subjects: African Americans--Social life--1860-1870. African Americans--Civil rights--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans. Liberty--1860-1870.
The day of Jubelo
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010647792/
Reference note
Date Created/Published: [Philadelphia : Phil. Pho. Co.], c1865.
Summary: Photograph shows African Americans (freed slaves?) celebrating in a plantation house, includes couples dancing and children playing.
Call Number: LOT 14022, no. 60 [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Notes: Title from item. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. The photograph reproduces a work by the artist Edward Bensell. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV68; Emancipation. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by J. A. Arthur, in the clerk's office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. "GD686" and "XXXVIII-5" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.60) General information about the Gladstone collection is available at, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.gld
Subjects: African Americans--Social life--1860-1870. African Americans--Civil rights--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans. Liberty--1860-1870.
World War I poster: Lincoln and Emancipation Proclamation references against background vignettes of fighting for freedoms and living in prosperity. In addition to Lincoln, portrait vignettes of black military, political leaders and artists
Luther Leonard holds an American flag in Pan-African colors during a Juneteenth Freedom March in Seattle, Washington in 2020 Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters
Emancipation Proclamation
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003671404/?loclr=blogloc
Reference note
Creator(s): Lipman, L. (Louis),
Date Created/Published: Madison, Wis. : Published & sold by Martin & Judson, c1864 Feb. 26.
Summary: Print shows at center the text of the Emancipation Proclamation with vignettes surrounding it; on the left are scenes related to slavery and on the right are scenes showing the benefits attained through freedom; also shows Justice and Columbia at the top center beneath a bald eagle and a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at bottom center above a scene of former slaves giving thanks.
Call Number: PGA - Lipman (L.)--Emancipation Proclamation (D size) [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Notes: 106 U.S. Copyright Office Title from item. Inscribed in ink at top center: No. 106 filed Feb 26 1864. Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by S.W. Martin & N.P. Judson, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the District of Wisconsin.
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865. United States.--President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).--Emancipation Proclamation Columbia (Symbolic character)--1860-1870. African Americans--Civil rights--1860-1870. African Americans--Punishment & torture--1860-1870. Slavery--1860-1870. Liberty--1860-1870. Freedmen--1860-1870.
Juneteenth Celebrations in the US, 2020
Teaching Notes
Collection of compelling images of Juneteenth, 2020, from The Guardian.