[Family of slaves at the Gaines' house]

Photograph shows African American slave family or families posed in front of wooden house, on the plantation of Dr. William F. Gaines, Hanover County, Virginia.

Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 141.

Title from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 141.

In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], loose photo no. L3.

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.

Digitized, 2014. Funding from The Center for Civil War Photography.

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