Mis-identified on the postcard as a Spanish fort. Greyscale image of the tabby ruins at Fort Frederick, built during the 1730s by the English. Correspondence on back.
Stereoscopic image of three people posed along the road going through the homes of enslaved people on Battery Plantation. The image is labeled "Street and Negro Quarters, Battery Plantation" on the verso.
Stereoscopic image of wooden cabin homes along a dirt road with African Americans posed alongside the homes. The verso captions the image "Street and Negro Quarters, Retreat Plantation"
Stereoscopic image of a group of African American children posed under a large tree. Printed caption on the verso includes: "Group of Young Folks at Home, 'Old Fort' Plantation.
Stereoscopic image of a path leading to a fence. A group of people are standing on the opposite side of the fence. The printed caption on the verso reads, "Retreat Plantation Port Royal Island, S.C."
Stereoscopic image of two women on horseback. The handwritten note on the verso identifies the women as the Langfords from Boston and the teachers of the school on old Fort Plantation.
Stereoscopic image of African American field workers in an agricultural field. The printed information on the verso notes the location as Retreat Plantation in Port Royal, South Carolina.
Caption: 'Port Royal Island--1. Camp Saxton (Smith's Plantation)--the new headquarters of the 1st S.C. Vol. (Colored), Col. Higginson. 2. Mitchellville, the new south village for Contrabands, Hilton Head.--from sketches by our Special Artist.--see page 317.' [full date February 7, 1863.]
Stereoscopic image of a group of young African American students and two white school teachers posed in front of a one-room schoolhouse at Retreat Plantation located in Port Royal, South Carolina.
Stereoscopic image of two grave mounds with small markers at Old Fort Plantation. The printed caption on the verso notes the graves as belonging to "two young men from Deerfield, Mass."
Stereoscopic image of a group of African American women, either enslaved or newly freed, all holding a baby while posed outside of a row of small wooden cabins.
