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Image ID: AGSQ

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)

Date:

1863.06-08

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Equipment:

book

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Virginia

Military Units:

US Army

Structures & Establishments:

Contraband Quarters (Alexandria VA)

Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

National Archives says: Contraband school.

Library of Congress incorrectly says: Freedman’s Village, Arlington, Va.

Actually Contraband Quarters, Alexandria, VA. African-american children with books.

Fowx negative no. 165.

Etched onto negative: 165.

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