The White Slave (Original hand tinted stereoview print, circa 1880)
- N.p.: N.p., 1880
N.p.: N.p., 1880. Vintage hand tinted stereoview albumen print, showing a Black dandy having his shoes shined by a young white boy, circa 1880. Printed label on verso notes title ("The White Slave") and catalog No. 4518.
Although little is known about the context for the image, The Library Company of Philadelphia suggests that the stereoview could have been taken in London, stating, "Adelphi is a London theater where The Octoroon was performed 1861-1862." Other sources speculate the photograph's origins as New York, as one broadside illustration shows a ship from the Clyde Steamship Company, whose hub was in New York City.
7 x 3.5 inches. Very Good plus, with moderate soil on the verso.
Although little is known about the context for the image, The Library Company of Philadelphia suggests that the stereoview could have been taken in London, stating, "Adelphi is a London theater where The Octoroon was performed 1861-1862." Other sources speculate the photograph's origins as New York, as one broadside illustration shows a ship from the Clyde Steamship Company, whose hub was in New York City.
7 x 3.5 inches. Very Good plus, with moderate soil on the verso.