Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
James Henry Brooks (Jim Limber) |
Catalog Number |
FIC2009.00010 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype; young boy standing on Gothic Revival side chair; turned slightly to viewer's left, looking at camera; hair cropped at ears, styled in a wave on top, wearing horizontally striped pants and top, boots, right hand in pocket of pants, left hand on back of chair; nonpareil gilt mat with floral motif embossing; preserver with simple stamped design; |
Medium |
Ambrotype/Glass/Metal/Photographic Emulsion |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Owner Regiment |
Not applicable |
Provenance |
"James Henry Brooks adopted by Mrs. Jefferson Davis during the War & taken from her after our capture. A great pet in the family & known as Jim Limber." James Henry "Jim Limber" Brooks was taken in by the Davis family in February 1864. The whereabouts and identities of his parents are unknown. He accompanied them on the flight out of Richmond at war's end, and was separated from the Davis family by Union soldiers when Jefferson Davis was captured; his fate thereafter is unknown. |
People |
Brooks, James Henry (Jim Limber) Davis family Limber, Jim |
Search Terms |
free blacks Richmond, Virginia flight and capture of Jefferson Davis, 1865 |
Subjects |
Adoption African Americans Ambrotypes Boys Cased photographs Children Free African Americans Free people of color Orphans Photographic studios Photographs Photography Slavery Slaves |