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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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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Portfolio/Series
    Aiken and Vicinity
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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