Title Contraband Camp, formerly used as a Female Seminary. Photographer Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge Contributing Repository LSU Libraries. Special Collections Date Created 1863 (approximate) Subject United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs Baton Rouge (La.)--Photographs Refugee camps--Louisiana--Baton Rouge--Photographs Baton Rouge (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans--Photographs Description The former slaves were housed and fed in the camps, and frequently given schooling in 1863. [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 66; image, p. 67.] Type of Resource still image Form Photographs Size 2560 x 1563 Media Type image/jp2 Medium Albumen prints Size 2.5" x 4.0" (CDV studio card) Digital Collection G. H. Suydam Photograph Album Repository Collection G. H. Suydam Collection (Mss. 1394). Repository Collection Guide http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/1394.pdf Physical Location LSU Libraries Hill Memorial Library: Special Collections Rights Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright of the original material is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. Permission to reproduce this image must be requested through the Special Collections Division, Louisiana State University Libraries. Contact Information Please submit an LSU Special Collections reference ticket at https://askus.lib.lsu.edu/special for any questions or comments about this digital object. Cite As G. H. Suydam Collection (Mss. 1394), Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Item Number 13940009r Title Contraband Camp, formerly used as a Female Seminary. Photographer Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge Contributing Repository LSU Libraries. Special Collections Date Created 1863 (approximate) Subject United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs Baton Rouge (La.)--Photographs Refugee camps--Louisiana--Baton Rouge--Photographs Baton Rouge (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans--Photographs Description The former slaves were housed and fed in the camps, and frequently given schooling in 1863. [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 66; image, p. 67.] Type of Resource still image Form Photographs Size 2560 x 1563 Media Type image/jp2 Medium Albumen prints Size 2.5" x 4.0" (CDV studio card) Digital Collection G. H. Suydam Photograph Album Repository Collection G. H. Suydam Collection (Mss. 1394). Repository Collection Guide http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/default/files/sc/findaid/1394.pdf Physical Location LSU Libraries Hill Memorial Library: Special Collections Rights Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright of the original material is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. Permission to reproduce this image must be requested through the Special Collections Division, Louisiana State University Libraries. Contact Information Please submit an LSU Special Collections reference ticket at https://askus.lib.lsu.edu/special for any questions or comments about this digital object. Cite As G. H. Suydam Collection (Mss. 1394), Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Item Number