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  • 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
  • Booker T. Washington, President of the Negro Industrial School, Tuskegee, Alabama

    Booker T. Washington, President of the Negro Industrial School, Tuskegee, Alabama

    Created by
    Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
    Published by
    Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
    Subject of
    Washington, Booker T., American, 1856 - 1915
    Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
    Medium
    albumen, sodium chloride and silver nitrate on photographic paper and cardboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)
    Type
    stereographs
    portraits
    Date
    1899
    Description
    A stereograph produced by Underwood & Underwood, dated 1899, of an outdoor scene titled: "Booker T. Washington, President of the Negro Industrial School, Tuskegee, Alabama"/ Copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman", below the image. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of cardboard. Both images feature Booker T. Washington standing in a dirt paved street with his right hand in his vest breast pocket. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: " Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publishers/ New York, N.Y." while the right side contains the following textual information: "Underwood & Underwood, Publishers/ New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas".
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Education
    Photography
    United States--History--1865-1921
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2011.155.205
    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
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