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  • Stereograph of people picking cotton in a field

    Stereograph of people picking cotton in a field

    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
  • Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U. S. A.

    Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U. S. A.

    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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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Hoeing Rice

    Hoeing Rice

    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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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Cotton is King - Plantation Scene, Georgia

    Cotton is King - Plantation Scene, Georgia

    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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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Plantation Scene; Folks All Home

    Plantation Scene; Folks All Home

    Photograph by
    Wilson, J. N., American, 1827 - 1897
    Subject of
    Unidentified Child or Children
    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 5/16 in. (9.4 × 8.4 cm)
    Type
    albumen prints
    stereographs
    Place printed
    Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1865-1874
    Description
    A stereograph titled "Plantation Scene; Folks All Home" printed by J. N. Wilson of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depicts six (6) unidentified children in the yard outside a log building with a brick chimney. A girl stands near the center with her hands inside a wooden washtub on a stand. A boy stands to her right with his back at the corner of the building and holding a large full basket on his head. Two younger children sit on a bench outside the building in the background. Two toddlers sit on the left side of the frame, one on the wheel of a small wooden cart and another on the ground next to a box or bin. The prints are mounted on tan card stock. Black text printed on the reverse lists the photographer's name and address. A paper label is adhered below the printed text that reads "68. Plantation Scene; Folks all Home."
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Domestic life
    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
    2016.166.7
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • No. 19, Cotton Picking

    No. 19, Cotton Picking

    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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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    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
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