Photo Album of an 1895–1896 Trip around the United States, Including Shots of Students at the Hampton Institute’s Whittier School
- 182 photographs mainly measuring 3 x 4 inches with some larger, mounted on heavy cardstock in a photo album. Some with manuscrip
- United States , 1896
United States, 1896. 182 photographs mainly measuring 3 x 4 inches with some larger, mounted on heavy cardstock in a photo album. Some with manuscript captions. Several pages of album detached; slight damage and wear to pages and damage to binding; photos excellent to Near Fine. Overall excellent.. A photo album documenting a number of locations in the United States between 1895 and 1896, with most photos taken in New York and Virginia. Many of the New York photos are of military activities and buildings at Madison Barracks in Sackets Harbor. The barracks were built near the end of the War of 1812 and remained active through World War II; captioned subjects include Colonel Charles Bartlett, Lieutenant Charles R. Noyes, and the mess hall, officers’ quarters, and hospital.
Following Sackets Harbor, the photographer traveled to Virginia, especially documenting Mount Vernon and the Hampton area. Here there are a number of shots of the area’s African American residents, with some identified by full name—Junius Warren, Norris Taylor—and some not, including an “Old slave of Washington family Mt Vernon”, and “Aunt Charlotte” riding a cow-drawn carriage.
In Hampton, shots include the Brightview house, which was used as a hospital during the Civil War, and young students of the Whittier School. Whittier was the model school for what was then the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. The Butler School for Negro Children, which became Whittier, was founded in 1863; Hampton was founded in 1868 by the Freedmen’s Bureau and the American Missionary Association and adopted Butler as its teacher training grounds. The children in these photos, who appear to be about six to nine years old, pose with a young African American woman, likely a Hampton student.
Other identified locations include Bailey Island, Maine; Portland, Oregon; and St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Florida. Of interest especially to historians of Hampton University, HBCUs, and African American normal schools near the turn of the century.
Following Sackets Harbor, the photographer traveled to Virginia, especially documenting Mount Vernon and the Hampton area. Here there are a number of shots of the area’s African American residents, with some identified by full name—Junius Warren, Norris Taylor—and some not, including an “Old slave of Washington family Mt Vernon”, and “Aunt Charlotte” riding a cow-drawn carriage.
In Hampton, shots include the Brightview house, which was used as a hospital during the Civil War, and young students of the Whittier School. Whittier was the model school for what was then the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. The Butler School for Negro Children, which became Whittier, was founded in 1863; Hampton was founded in 1868 by the Freedmen’s Bureau and the American Missionary Association and adopted Butler as its teacher training grounds. The children in these photos, who appear to be about six to nine years old, pose with a young African American woman, likely a Hampton student.
Other identified locations include Bailey Island, Maine; Portland, Oregon; and St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Florida. Of interest especially to historians of Hampton University, HBCUs, and African American normal schools near the turn of the century.