Carte de visite albumen photograph depicting three African American children identified in the printed caption as “Rosa, Charley, Rebecca, Slave Children from New Orleans.” The children are posed full length in a studio setting and wrapped in Confederate battle flags, transforming a symbol of rebellion into a deliberate visual statement of Union victory and emancipation. The photograph is mounted on a standard CDV card with a green double-line border, with the title and identification printed directly beneath the image.

The image belongs to a well-documented series of Civil War–era photographs produced for abolitionist and philanthropic purposes following the Union occupation of New Orleans. Such photographs were intended to confront pro-slavery ideology by presenting enslaved or formerly enslaved children in composed, dignified poses while incorporating Confederate symbols as instruments of political reversal and moral argument. The careful staging reflects contemporary efforts to influence Northern public opinion through visual culture.

The verso is fully printed and numbered “No. 9,” with a copyright entered in 1864 by S. T. Tacksberry in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. It includes a printed statement that proceeds from the sale were devoted to the education of formerly enslaved people in the Department of the Gulf under Major General Banks. The photograph is credited to Chas. Paxson, New York, with ordering information for H. N. Bent, 1 Mercer Street, New York.