Lot of 3 CDVs, including studio view of aged African American gentleman, verso with credit to Geo. Wells, Macon, MO and 2 cent internal revenue stamp signed Wells (likely in photographer's hand) and dated May 1865. Modern penciled note on verso identifies subject as ex slave: CDV with inked manuscript title on recto Opeloussas and Uncle Tom, and spurious caption penciled on verso Slave boys Savanna 1863. Although uncredited, this is one of a series of images taken by McPherson and Oliver in Louisiana after the fall of Port Hudson; and uncredited portrait of an African American woman, with penciled notes on verso, For all my children and Old Aunt Coly. Condition: Some light staining on Wells CDV. Contraband view with some soiling, worn corners and removed from album with paste on reverse corners. Lower left corner is creased. Some light soiling on view of "Aunt Coly."
Lot of 3 CDVs, including studio view of aged African American gentleman, verso with credit to Geo. Wells, Macon, MO and 2 cent internal revenue stamp signed Wells (likely in photographer's hand) and dated May 1865. Modern penciled note on verso identifies subject as ex slave: CDV with inked manuscript title on recto Opeloussas and Uncle Tom, and spurious caption penciled on verso Slave boys Savanna 1863. Although uncredited, this is one of a series of images taken by McPherson and Oliver in Louisiana after the fall of Port Hudson; and uncredited portrait of an African American woman, with penciled notes on verso, For all my children and Old Aunt Coly. Condition: Some light staining on Wells CDV. Contraband view with some soiling, worn corners and removed from album with paste on reverse corners. Lower left corner is creased. Some light soiling on view of "Aunt Coly."
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