Photograph by

Wilson, J. N., American, 1827 - 1897

Subject of

Unidentified Child or Children

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium

albumen and silver on paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (sheet): 3 15/16 × 7 in. (10 × 17.8 cm)

H x W (image (each)): 3 11/16 × 3 1/16 in. (9.4 × 7.8 cm)

Type

albumen prints

stereographs

Place printed

Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1876-1896

Description

An untitled stereograph printed by J. N. Wilson of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depicts a group of eight (8) people clustered near each other in a cotton field. The men, women, and children are all picking cotton or looking away from the camera except for a young man in the center foreground who stands and looks into the lens with a large picking sack hanging down on his right front side and his right hand balancing a full basket of cotton bolls on his head. A large white building can be seen in the far center background with smaller buildings around it amongst a grove of trees. The prints are mounted on card stock that is orange on the front and light pink on the reverse. Black text printed on the reverse lists the photographer's name and address.

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

Labor

Photography

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number

2016.166.8

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901

Subject of

Unidentified Child or Children

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium

albumen and silver on paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (sheet): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)

H x W (image (each)): 319 × 3 1/8 in. (810.3 × 7.9 cm)

Type

albumen prints

stereographs

Place depicted

Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1895

Description

A stereograph titled "Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U. S. A." printed by Strohmeyer & Wyman. The gelatin silver prints depict a group of unidentified men, women, and children picking cotton in a field. A large basket of cotton is in the foreground between a child and a woman who is bent over picking bolls and putting them into a large sack looped around her shoulders. A man in the left background can be seen carrying a full basket of cotton bolls on his back. The publisher's name is printed along the left and right sides, with the title and copyright date printed in the lower right. The title is printed in several languages on the reverse center.

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

Labor

Photography

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number

2016.166.3

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Lindsey, Thomas H., American, 1849 - 1927

Subject of

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Child or Children

Medium

albumen and silver on paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 4 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (10.8 × 18.7 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)

Type

cabinet photographs

albumen prints

Place captured

Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date

1890-1895

Description

A cabinet card with a black-and-white print depicting an unidentified man standing next to a Conestoga wagon drawn by three (3) oxen. Two of the oxen lay down on the dirt street. The man stands near the standing oxen and the proper left front wagon wheel holding leather reins in his left hand and a driving stick or whip in his right hand. The wagon has canvas-covered objects inside it. A group of men and boys in suits stand in the left background in the street behind the wagon. Two of the men wear aprons and all of the men are dressed in suits, although only one man wears a jacket. The boys are dressed in short pant suits. A line of shops runs along a brick sidewalk behind the gathered men. The title of the photograph is printed in white text in the lower right corner of the image. The series and photographer name are printed in black ink around the bottom and both sides of the mount. A narrative description of the series is printed on the reverse of the tan mount.

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

Business

Photography

Transportation

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number

2016.166.15

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Portfolio/Series

Western North Carolina Views - Character Series, Ashville and Vicinity (Class A)

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912

Subject of

Unidentified Child or Children

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium

albumen and silver on paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (sheet): 3 15/16 × 7 in. (10 × 17.8 cm)

H x W (image (each)): 3 7/16 × 3 1/8 in. (8.7 × 7.9 cm)

Type

albumen prints

stereographs

portraits

Place printed

Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1876-1888

Description

A stereograph titled "Hoeing Rice" printed and photographed by Havens of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depict one female and three male people hoeing rice in a field. The prints are mounted on card stock that is orange on the front and light pink on the reverse. Black text printed on the reverse lists the photographer's name and address. A paper label is adhered upside down on the bottom reverse with black printed text reading: "53. Hoeing Rice."

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

Labor

Photography

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number

2016.166.5

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Blush, E. K., American, 1868 - 1921

Subject of

Unidentified Man or Men

Medium

albumen and silver on paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 3 7/8 × 5 1/2 in. (9.8 × 14 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 4 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (10.8 × 16.5 cm)

Type

cabinet photographs

albumen prints

Place captured

Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Date

1894-1904

Description

A cabinet card with an albumen print depicting an unidentified man standing in front of an open cart stacked high with hay. Two (2) oxen are harnessed in front of the cart. The cart and the man are on a dirt street in front of the photographer's studio, a white building with the text "E. K. BLUSH / PHOTOGRAPHER" stenciled in large dark letters across the top of the building. The photographer's name and the place Stuttgart, Ark. are printed along the left facing side of the card mount. The edges of the off-white mount are scalloped. The reverse is blank.

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

Labor

Photography

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number

2016.166.9

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901

Published by

Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s

Subject of

Unidentified Child or Children

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium

albumen and silver on paper with cardboard

Dimensions

H x W (Card): 3 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (8.9 × 17.9 cm)

Type

albumen prints

stereoscopic photographs

Place depicted

Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

1895

Description

A black-and-white stereoscopic photograph depicting a group of men, women, and children picking cotton in a field. A white man on a horse can be seen in the background watching the group. Green type below the photograph reads, [(21)-5078 Cotton is King - Plantation Scene, Georgia./COPYRIGHT 1895 by Strohmeyer & Wyman]. Publisher and manufacturers information appear on left and right side of photograph. Description of the scene and the cotton industry appears on the back of the stereoscopic card.

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

Labor

Photography

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey

Object number

2014.312.171

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

A. W. Möller, American, 1867 - after 1922

Subject of

Unidentified Man or Men

Unidentified Woman or Women

Unidentified Child or Children

Medium

albumen and silver on paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 4 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (11.4 × 18.7 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 5 × 8 1/16 in. (12.7 × 20.5 cm)

Type

cabinet photographs

albumen prints

Place captured

Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date

late 19th-early 20th century

Description

A cabinet card with an albumen print of a group of unidentified men, women, and children picking cotton in a field. The landscape behind the cotton field is barren, with a grove of trees in the far left distance. Most of the people are bent over picking, though some are standing upright and one person in the left background has a large basket hoisted onto their left shoulder. The print is mounted on a pale yellow card mount that is gray on the reverse. The title and photographer name are printed and handwritten in black ink on the reverse.

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

Labor

Photography

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number

2016.166.12

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Portfolio/Series

Views in and Around Thomasville

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Lindsey, Thomas H., American, 1849 - 1927

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium

albumen and silver on paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 4 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (11.1 × 18.4 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)

Type

cabinet photographs

albumen prints

Place captured

Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date

1895-1910

Description

A cabinet card with a black-and-white print depicting an unidentified woman standing in front of a small log cabin that is surrounded by corn stalks. The corn is higher than the roof of the cabin and other thick foliage can be seen in the background. The woman stands in the doorway of the cabin with her hands crossed in front of her waist. The title is imprinted in the lower left corner of the image. The photographic series title and photographer name and location are printed in dark blue ink around on the bottom and both sides of the tan card mount. There is a long descriptive explanation for the photographic series, "The Land of the Sky," printed in black ink on the reverse side of the mount. The title of this photograph is handwritten in graphite along the upper edge.

Topic

African American

Agriculture

American South

Domestic life

Photography

Rural life

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number

2016.166.14

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Portfolio/Series

Views of Western North Carolina "The Land of the Sky"

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture