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2.49. Pleasure Island.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Pleasure Island. Tintype. Album 2. Page 49. Here is one of the rare family group shots included in the Chapman albums. Its caption notes that the figures include “Ma Miller,” Arabella herself seated next to her sister Harriet Alfarata Chapman. At their feet are Arabella’s children: (l. to r. Claribel, Harriet Alfarata, and Carroll Aubin . The upper […]
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2.47. Anna Bolden.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Anna Bolden. McDonald & Sterry, Albany, NY. CDV. Album 2. Page 47. Anna Bolden was a peer to Arabella and her siblings. By 1880, at age 20, Anna was living in as a “servant” in Albany’s Cooper household, while also attending school.
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2.46. Leah Punch.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Leah Punch. McDonald & Sterry, Albany, NY. CDV. Album 2. Page 46. Leah Punch and Arabella were peers, performing together. Arabella’s reputation was as a singer and pianist, while Leah was noted as an elocutionist.
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2.44. Mary O.J. Crosby.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Mary O.J. Crosby. Tintype. Album 2. Page 44.
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2.43. Woman with floral scarf.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Woman with floral scarf. McDonald’s, Albany, NY. CDV. Album 2. Page 43.
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2.34. Sarah Jackson.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Sarah Jackson. Mosher, Albany, NY. CDV. Album 2. Page 34.
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2.29. Harriet Chapman.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Harriet Chapman. Tintype.
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2.28. Kate May.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Kate May. McDonald & Sterry, Albany, NY. CDV. Album 2. Page 28.
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2.24. Lena Anderson.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Lena Anderson. G.W. Swift, Jacksonville, FL. CDV. Album 2. Page 24.
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2.20. Liz Myers.
Posted on March 6, 2015 by Martha Jones in Gallery.Liz Myers. Rabineau, Albany, NY. CDV. Album 2. Page 20. Liz or Lizzy Myers was the youngest child of Harriet and Stephen Myers of Albany. Stephen Myers is the best remembered of the city’s black anti-slavery activists. Stephen was a former slave who chaired the city’s Vigilance Committee which positions Myers and his wife to assist […]
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