African American Workers by River in Virginia

Item metadata
Title	African American Workers by River in Virginia
Rights	No known restrictions on publication.
Type	Photograph
Creator	Unknown
Date	1872 June 16th.
Description	African American workers, including a former Union Army officer, at a river in Virginia, 1872
	Capt. Ed. Armstrong (Col'd) & crew of batteau Tam O'Shanter on beach of New River, Section 103, near 1st Res. 2nd N. R. Div.
	Photograph shows a boat crew of African American men sitting on, and in front of, a fallen tree near the New River, West Virginia. (LOC)
Format	Albumen print
Place	New River, West Virginia
Publisher	Courtesy Library of Congress
Contributor	Hotchkiss, Jedediah
Identifier	african-american-workers-river-757x1024.jpeg
Rights Holder	Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Rights Holder	Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-05406 (digital file from original photo) Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1979:137 [item] [P&P]
Subject	African American workers
	West Virginia
	River
Temporal Coverage	1872
source resource	https://lccn.loc.gov/2004669850
Bibliographic Citation	Capt. Ed. Armstrong (Col'd) & crew of batteau Tam O'Shanter on beach of New River, Section 103, near 1st Res. 2nd N. R. Div. [graphic].