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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59430

USS Hunchback (1862-65)


Ship's officers and crew on deck, in the James River, Virginia, 1864-65. Photographed by Matthew Brady.
One man is playing the banjo in the foreground, another is holding a small white dog, while others are reading newspapers. Men seated in center appear to be peeling potatoes. Many crewmen are wearing their "flathats" in the style of berets.
About a fifth of this ship's crew appear to be African-Americans.
The original photograph has Brady negative number B-2011.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Page made 11 November 1998
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