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The day of Jubelo / E. B. Bensell, pinxt ; photo. and pub. by Phil. Pho. Co., 730 Chestnut St.

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The day of Jubelo / E. B. Bensell, pinxt ; photo. and pub. by Phil. Pho. Co., 730 Chestnut St.

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Summary

Photograph shows African Americans (freed slaves?) celebrating in a plantation house, includes couples dancing and children playing.

Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back.
The photograph reproduces a work by the artist Edward Bensell.
Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV68; Emancipation.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by J. A. Arthur, in the clerk's office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
"GD686" and "XXXVIII-5" written in pencil on back of the mount.
Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.60)

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01/01/1865
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Bensell, Edmund Birckhead, 1842-, artist
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