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  • No. 615, The Way the Negro Race is Dying Out: Mrs. Whitaker and her Children

    No. 615, The Way the Negro Race is Dying Out: Mrs. Whitaker and her Children

    Photograph by
    Palmer, J. A., American, died 1896
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Medium
    albumen and silver on paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 3 3/4 × 6 3/8 in. (9.5 × 16.2 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 3 15/16 × 7 in. (10 × 17.8 cm)
    Type
    cabinet photographs
    albumen prints
    Place captured
    Aiken, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1871-1896
    Description
    An albumen print mounted on a stereograph-sized card mount depicting a woman identified as Mrs. Whitaker and eleven (11) children. They are all siting on a wooden porch outside of a wooden building and looking at the camera. The two eldest children sit at the left frame on one side of a post, while the rest of the children sit in a row on the other side of the post. Mrs. Whitaker sits in a chair behind the long row of children nursing an infant. The image is mounted on orange cardboard that is pale pink on the reverse. A yellow paper label is adhered at the verso center with handwritten and printed text in black ink identifying the photographer, place, title, and number.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Families
    Motherhood
    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
    2016.166.10
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Portfolio/Series
    Aiken and Vicinity
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • An Hour's Hunting

    An Hour's Hunting

    Photograph by
    Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912
    Subject of
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Medium
    albumen and silver on paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (sheet): 3 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (10 × 17.6 cm)
    H x W (image (each)): 3 9/16 × 3 1/4 in. (9 × 8.3 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 "An Hour's Hunting" printed and photographed by O. Pierre Havens of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depict an unidentified woman and an unidentified girl seated on the open doorstep of a log building. The girl's head rests in the woman's lap. The woman looks down at the child with her hands in the child's hair. 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: "56. An Hour's Hunting."
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Hair
    Health
    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
    2016.166.6
    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
  • Folks At Home

    Folks At Home

    Photograph by
    Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Medium
    albumen and silver on paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 4 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (12.1 × 20 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 5 3/16 × 8 3/8 in. (13.2 × 21.3 cm)
    Type
    cabinet photographs
    albumen prints
    Place printed
    Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1888-1912
    Description
    A cabinet card with an albumen print of three (3) unidentified women and seven (7) unidentified children posed on the porch of a wooden house. The women all sit in chairs, with one woman seated at the right background alone. The other two women are surrounded by the children who are seated and standing, with one young child in the lap of one of the women. The building is surrounded by a swept yard and a rough-hewn fence. The title "Folks Al [sic] Home" is imprinted in the lower left facing side of the image. The photographer's name and address are printed in black ink on the reverse of the gray card mount, with an additional handwritten inscription on the back with the name Herman Barthmaier.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Domestic life
    Families
    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
    2016.166.13
    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
  • Bob and His Fiddle

    Bob and His Fiddle

    Photograph by
    Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912
    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 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (9.5 × 16.5 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 "Bob and His Fiddle" printed and photographed by O. Pierre Havens of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depict a boy identified in the image title as Bob holding a homemade fiddle while seated outside a small log building. He wears a white shirt, dark vest, dark pants, and no shoes. His hat is lying on the ground by his left foot. He looks down at the fiddle held in his left hand and propped on his left shoulder, while holding a bow made from string and a bent stick in his right hand over the strings of the fiddle. The title is blurred and printed in the bottom left corner on the right facing print. 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
    American South
    Child musicians
    Children
    Music
    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
    2016.166.4
    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
  • No. 220, Searching for Ideas

    No. 220, Searching for Ideas

    Photograph by
    Russell Bros., 1883-1941
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin or collodion on printing out paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 4 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (11.7 × 20 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 5 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (13.3 × 21.6 cm)
    Type
    cabinet photographs
    Place captured
    Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    early 20th century
    Description
    A cabinet card with a black-and-white photograph of an unidentified woman and three (3) unidentified children sitting on the steps of a raised wooden breezeway between two wooden buildings. The woman sits one step above the children and uses a comb to pick lice or other pests from the head of the child seated in the middle, whose head is resting on the woman's lap. The other two children look off frame to their left. The title and photographer name is in handwritten white text to the left of the woman and at the bottom left that is inherent to the print. The reverse of the gray card mount has a detailed list of other "Special Southern Views" available from Russell Bros. photographers printed in black ink.
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Domestic life
    Hair
    Health
    Photography
    Stereotypes
    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
    2016.166.11
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Portfolio/Series
    Special Southern Views
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Albumen print of a woman and two children in front of a log house in Georgia

    Albumen print of a woman and two children in front of a log house in Georgia

    Photograph by
    Clark, H. S., American
    Subject of
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Medium
    albumen and silver on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W (image): 3 7/8 × 5 7/16 in. (9.9 × 13.8 cm)
    H x W x D (card): 6 1/2 × 4 3/16 × 1/16 in. (16.5 × 10.7 × 0.1 cm)
    Type
    albumen prints
    Place captured
    Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1880s
    Description
    A reddish-brown photograph of a woman with two children in Georgia. The image shows a small log house with a picket fence in front. The fence has a gate which is open. A tree is on the right side of the photograph. Behind the gate is the front door of the cabin with three steps leading up to the door. The two children are sitting on the top step. A girl wearing a dark colored dress is sitting on the left and a boy wearing lighter colored clothing sits on the right. Both children are barefoot. A woman wearing a light colored dress with a dark colored top and a headscarf is standing behind the children in the doorway to the house. All three people are looking at the camera. There is a window to either side of the door; the one on the right side of the image is missing several panes and a light colored material is hanging in the corner. Printed vertically in black ink on the left side of the photograph is “FROM Clark’s.” Printed in black ink on the back of the photograph is “H.S. CLARK / Photographer / THOMASVILLE, GA.”
    Topic
    African American
    American South
    Children
    Domestic life
    Families
    Housing
    Photography
    Rural life
    United States--History--1865-1921
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
    Object number
    2018.43.20
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    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