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Group of 42 albumen photographs. [St. Augustine, Florida], circa 1875-1878. Each approx. 3 x 2 ⅞ in. to paper mounts each 5 ⅜ x 7 ½ in. Mounts appear to be disbound, one photo per leaf, one-sided, except where noted. 

An extensive group of photographs showing cityscapes, historic architecture, flora, and people - notably including several views of African American and Native American subjects. 

A notable image is a large group portrait of 36 Native Americans. They are almost certainly a part of the 74 Plains Indians imprisoned at Fort Marion (now known as Castillo de San Marcos) between 1875 and 1878. They represented 5 different tribes Cheyenne (33), Kiowa (27), Comanche (11), Arapaho (2), and Caddo (1).

Additionally, there are 9 captivating images featuring Black subjects - both posed portraits and candid views. 

A fine collection of photographs capturing 1870s St. Augustine. 

Complete list of views: 

African American Subjects 
1. Black worker harvesting oranges on a ladder
2. Two African American boys looking thoughtful
3. Black cart driver with a Black boy in the street before the Putnam House
4. Black boy sits on the seawall 
5. Elderly Black man sits outside a building. 
6. (12) African Americans harvest cotton
7. (8) African American adults and 1 child and 1 white woman pose on the front steps of a porch
8. View of an oxcart in the street with Black and white men on the sidewalk behind
9. Group portrait of 14 Black boys. 

Native American Subjects

10. Large group portrait of 36 Native Americans 

Architectural & City Views
11. Street scene with the sign “Photographs / Florida Club” - known producers of tourist stereoviews
12. Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine
13. Old City Gates
14 & 15. Fort Matanzas (two copies mounted to same page, one with superior contrast)
16. Constitution Monument - erected in 1813
17. St. Augustine Lighthouse
18. Old Slave Market
19. View of Fort Marion Wall
20. Fort Marion Wall with Crenelations
21. Inside the Fort with stacked cannons
22. Sightseers on the water’s edge with Fort Marion behind
23. Detail of a Fort with barred windows and old door
24. Church. 
25. Old overgrown archway
26. Tree-lined street
27. Street scene with a group of white men
28. Group of 5 people outside with a woman sitting under a tree. 
29. Street scene with a large palm tree growing over a wall. 
30. Alley view with distant water. 
31. St. Augustine Hotel
32. 3-story building with balconies

Flora & Fauna
33. Alligator on a log with a riverboat on the distant river
34. Foliage
35. Large tree with Spanish moss. 
36. Palms
37. Large palm tree.
38. Growing pineapples
39. Oranges on a tree 
40. Palm tree with a dramatic trunk
41. Yucca 
42. Sunset over the water

[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] [Native Americans, Native American History, American Indian, Indian History]