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  • 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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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Portfolio/Series
    Special Southern Views
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
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