Jubilee Singers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee

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Object Details

Description: A black-and-white stereograph group photograph of the original Jubilee Singers from Fisk University located in Nashville, Tennessee. The object consists of double photographs of the same image taken from two slightly different perspectives. Stereographs are distinctive among other stereoscopic photographs because they are photographic prints mounted on cards, From 1856 they were produced with twin-lens cameras, creating a three dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1872

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: albumen, sodium chloride, silver nitrate on photographic paper and cardboard
Dimensions: H x W (Mount): 3 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 1/16 in. (8.3 x 17.1 x 0.2 cm)

Place depicted: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Education; HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities); Humanitarianism; Photography; Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877; Religion; Spirituals (Music)

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd500a16a63-6e98-4bfd-ade4-1386979f73e9