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Minnie Warren: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Dwarfism
Chang Bunker: Male
Chang Bunker: Performing Arts\Performer
Eng Bunker: Male
Eng Bunker: Performing Arts\Performer
William Henry Johnson: Male
William Henry Johnson: Performing Arts\Performer
Anna Haining Swan: Female
Anna Haining Swan: Performing Arts\Performer
James Murphy: Male
James Murphy: Performing Arts\Performer\Circus performer
Suzie Reed: Female
Suzie Reed: Performing Arts\Performer
Suzie Reed: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Dwarfism
Edward Newell: Male
Edward Newell: Performing Arts\Performer
Edward Newell: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Dwarfism
Paul H. Kinney: Male
Paul H. Kinney: Performing Arts\Performer
Paul H. Kinney: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Dwarfism
Rudolph Lucasie: Male
Robert Hales: Male
Mrs. Robert Hales: Female
Vantile Mack: Male
Hannah Crouse: Female
Jane Campbell: Female
Col. Goshen: Male
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Object number
NPG.81.M1917
Collection Description
The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the Mathew Brady photography studio in New York City. The collection, which the National Portrait Gallery acquired in 1981, includes portraits of generals, politicians, diplomats, painters, and performers. It also contains depictions of “Human Curiosities” at P. T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, that, although highly exploitative, help to document the historical representations of disability in the United States.
La Colección Frederick Hill Meserve contiene más de 5,000 negativos de retratos de la época de la Guerra Civil provenientes del estudio fotográfico de Mathew Brady en la ciudad de Nueva York. Adquirida por la National Portrait Gallery en 1981, la colección incluye retratos de militares, políticos, diplomáticos y artistas. También contiene imágenes de “curiosidades humanas” exhibidas en el American Museum de P.T. Barnum en Nueva York. Estas últimas, a pesar de su índole degradante, nos ayudan a documentar la representación histórica de las personas discapacitadas en EE.UU.