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Mills House (section)

Men standing in front of the Mills House Hotel, Charleston, on a stereograph.

A group of men, among them African Americans, in front of the Mills House Hotel. The Library’s summary adds what the date and place imply: the African American men are most likely enslaved.

The repository’s notes

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015. Digitized 2015 with funding from the Center for Civil War Photography.

The record

Title, as catalogedMills House (section)
Photographerno photographer identified
FirmOsborn & Durbec’s Southern Stereoscopic & Photographic Depot
AttributionVerified
Date, as catalogedCharleston, S.C. : Osborn & Durbec’s Southern Stereoscopic & Photographic Depot, 223 King Street, [1863]
PlaceMills House Hotel, Meeting Street
Controlling forceConfederate-held
Processalbumen print on card mount
Formatstereograph
Dimensionssheet 8 x 17 cm
Negative or printprint
CollectionThe Robin G. Stanford Collection
Call numberLOT 14110-1, no. 26 (H) [P&P]
Reproduction numberLC-DIG-stereo-1s03905 (front); LC-DIG-stereo-2s03905 (back)
Inscription on the mountOsborn & Durbec’s Southern Stereoscopic & Photographic Depot, 223 King Street
RepositoryLibrary of Congress
Credit lineLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
RightsNo known restrictions on publication
Rights advisory, verbatimNo known restrictions on publication.
Catalog recordhttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2015645341/
ConfidenceVerified
Last verified2026-08-30

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