Skip to content

OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Tickets

Visual Materials

The southern prisons of the U.S. officers



You might also be interested in

  • Andersonville Prison

    Andersonville Prison

    Visual Materials

    Image of an elevated view of the Andersonville prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war-camp in Georgia, with prisoners clustered in groups around tents in the central image; surrounded by twenty-two vignettes including a portrait of Sergeant Leroy Key, Captain Henri Wirz, scenes of prison life, prisoner escapes, and sick and dying prisoners; vignettes are numbered with key in bottom margin.

    priJLC_MIL_001232

  • Union War Prisoners Association

    Union War Prisoners Association

    Visual Materials

    Image of eight Confederate prisons from the American Civil War interspersed between signatures of prisoners of war on individual nameplates.

    priJLC_MIL_000745

  • The world famed M’me Rentz’s celebrated minstrels

    The world famed M’me Rentz’s celebrated minstrels

    Visual Materials

    Image of a group portrait of a female musical group dressed in formal gowns and seated in a row under a loggia with a lake and trees in the background, with some playing musical instruments including violins, a flute, horn, harp, and cello and accompanied by one male member seated in the center and two male members in blackface at each end also playing instruments; thirteen vignettes with head-and-shoulder portraits of the female performers in formal dress above the central image.

    priJLC_ENT_000512

  • Buckley's New Orleans Serenades : who have appeared with great success in the following countries, England, Ireland

    Buckley's New Orleans Serenades : who have appeared with great success in the following countries, England, Ireland

    Visual Materials

    Image of a central image of eight musicians, in blackface, sitting in a row and playing musical instruments including banjoes, a violin, a guitar, and a tambourine, surrounded by vignettes of the Buckley Serenaders consisting of images of their performances in theaters before full audiences, captioned "As they appeared at the Drury Lane, London," "As they appeared in Mexico," an image of the troupe traveling through the California wilderness on horseback captioned, "As they Appeared in California," head-and-shoulders portraits of James Buckley, Richard Buckley, George Buckley, and Frederick Buckley in formal dress, and four smaller vignettes of the minstrels performing in costume; decorated with an ornate floral borders with musical instruments and two black cherubs.

    priJLC_ENT_001335

  • Jarrett & Rice’s new departure : fun on the Bristol : City Hall, Friday, Oct. 29

    Jarrett & Rice’s new departure : fun on the Bristol : City Hall, Friday, Oct. 29

    Visual Materials

    Image of a central image of a row of nine male and female performers playing household items as musical instruments including two performers in blackface portraying an African American woman playing a rolling pin as a flute and an African American man playing an umbrella; surrounded by vignettes depicting additional comedic scenes and head-and-shoulder portraits of the nine actors and actresses in the production; the poster advertises the comedy-musical show "Fun on the Bristol, Or a Night on the Sound" managed by Edward E. Rice and Henry C. Jarrett and performing at City Hall (presumably in Portland, Maine) on October 29, [1880].

    priJLC_ENT_000209

  • [The masquerade]

    [The masquerade]

    Visual Materials

    Image of two women in profile wearing masks and brimmed hates; elaborate decorative border with female figures playing musical instruments.

    priJLC_ART_003045