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Plantation no. 1 Planter’s house near Rockville, Charleston, S.C.

African American men and a child in front of a planter’s house near Rockville.

Several African American men, one holding a child, in front of a planter’s house near Rockville. The Library’s summary states the inference plainly: based on the date and location, the people are most likely enslaved.

The Rockville series is the firm’s claim on more than local importance. Photographs of enslaved people made in the South before the war, by a southern commercial firm, for sale to a southern public, are very rare.

The repository’s notes

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015.

The record

Title, as catalogedPlantation no. 1 Planter’s house near Rockville, Charleston, S.C.
Photographerno photographer identified
FirmOsborn & Durbec’s Southern Stereoscopic & Photographic Depot
AttributionVerified
Date, as cataloged[Charleston, S.C.] : [Osborn & Durbec’s Southern Stereoscopic & Photographic Depot, 223 King Street], [October 1860]
Placenear Rockville, Charleston County
Controlling forceConfederate-held
Processalbumen print on card mount
Formatstereograph
Dimensionssheet 8.5 x 17 cm
Negative or printprint
CollectionThe Robin G. Stanford Collection
Call numberLOT 14110-1, no. 39 (H) [P&P]
Reproduction numberLC-DIG-stereo-1s03918 (front); LC-DIG-stereo-2s03918 (back)
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/2015646704/
ConfidenceVerified
Last verified2026-08-30

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