[Rosina Downs, a former slave girl from New Orleans]

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Title	[Rosina Downs, a former slave girl from New Orleans]
Creator	Paxson, Chas. (Charles) d. 1880 (photographer)
Date	ca. 1861-1865
Decade	1860-1869
Part Of	Collection of Civil War and military cartes de visite and portraits
Page Number	See link:http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/quakersandslavery/commentary/themes/white_slaves.php
Description	Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rosina Downs, facing left. Downs was the subject of multiple photographs documenting slave children. See also: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/u?/civ,156.
Notes	Verso: [imprinted] No. 1 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864 by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. The nett proceeds from the sale of these Photographs will be devoted to the education of Colored People in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen'l Banks. Chas. Paxson, Photographer, New York...
Related Resources	MARC record: http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2430826
Keywords	Civil War; portraits; slaves; children; Downs, Rosina
Physical Description	1 photographic print on carte de visite mount: albumen; 9 x 6 cm.
Form/Genre	Cartes de visite Card photographs Photographs Portrait photographs Albumen prints
Digital Resource Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2011
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution	Archival scan: 2744 w x 4204 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (recto); 2744 w x 4204 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (verso)
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Recto and verso scanned using an Epson 750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tifs; recto and verso files combined to make composite derivative and resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg
Call Number	Ag2007.0007
Upload File Name	ag2007_0007_084c_girl.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	ag2007_0007_084r_girl.tif; ag2007_0007_084v_girl.tif
Archival File Path	ARCHIVE\DeGolyer\reproductions\
Digital Collection	Civil War: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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[Rosina Downs, a former slave girl from New Orleans]

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