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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the William Shelburn Photograph Card #5474, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased from Michael Brown Rare Books, Philadelphia, Pa., August 2010 (Acc. 101333).

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• African Americans--North Carolina--Photographs.
• North Carolina--Photographs.
• Photographers--North Carolina.
• Photographs.
• Photography--North Carolina.
• Shelburn, William, 1834-1911.

William Shelburn was active as a photographer in North Carolina circa 1856-1907. During that period, he frequently relocated his studio and gallery, which at various times were in Oxford, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Asbury, Greenville, Kinston, Durham, and Burlington.

The collection is a photographic print, circa 1870s, mounted on card stock. It depicts an African American man on a donkey on a dirt street in front of a building; the man is holding a crutch. On the verso is printed: "William Shelburn, Photographer, Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, N.C." and "Additional copies can be obtained at any time by sending this number," but no number is given.

• Photograph (P-5474/1)