Civil War era carte-de-visite (CDV) album showcasing views of African Americans and others assumed to be from the Freedmen's schools in Virginia. Approx 4 3/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. 

A large album containing fifty-three (53) CDV studio views, including 9 showcasing views of  African Americans, and various other views of men, women, and children assumed to be associated with a freedmen's school in Virginia. One image of note includes a view of the front of a schoolhouse, with a period pencil inscription on the verso reading '..Freemans School.' 

Freedmen’s schools in Virginia were established after the Civil War to educate formerly enslaved people, their children, and poor white students. Supported by the Freedmen’s Bureau and local communities, they taught literacy, arithmetic, and basic skills, providing a foundation for education during Reconstruction.

[Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards] [African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation]