Carte-de-visite of the office and quarters of Captain Horace James

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A sepia tone carte-de-visite of the office and quarters of Captain Horace James. Captured with asymmetrical vignette is the large light-colored house of Captain Horace James, Union Army chaplain and a Freedmen's Bureau superintendent in North Carolina. There are several trees with bare branches throughout the property, the majority captured within the picket fencing that surrounds the house. A two-wheel cart rests by the largest tree, just outside the gate to the house. On the reverse of the carte-de-visite is an ink inscription describing the image on the front of the card [Office & Quarters of Capt. H. James A.Q.M., Sup't Freedmen, New Berne, NC.], and the photographer’s stamp: [J. D. HEYWOOD'S / PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS / CRAVEN ST / 3rd Door South P. O / NEW BERNE, N. C.].

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