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 […]
Continue Reading... 1 Comment.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.
Continue Reading... No Comments.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.
Continue Reading... No Comments.Mary O.J. Crosby. Tintype. Album 2. Page 44.
Continue Reading... No Comments.Woman with floral scarf. McDonald’s, Albany, NY. CDV. Album 2. Page 43.
Continue Reading... No Comments.Sarah Jackson. Mosher, Albany, NY. CDV. Album 2. Page 34.
Continue Reading... 2 Comments.Harriet Chapman. Tintype.
Continue Reading... No Comments.Kate May. McDonald & Sterry, Albany, NY. CDV. Album 2. Page 28.
Continue Reading... 1 Comment.Lena Anderson. G.W. Swift, Jacksonville, FL. CDV. Album 2. Page 24.
Continue Reading... No Comments.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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