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Stereograph card of of an unidentified woman
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Owned by
- Sullivan, Maxine, American, 1911 - 1987
- Date
- early 20th century
- Medium
- albumen , sodium chloride , silver nitrate on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (5.4 × 7 cm)
- Description
- A stereograph card of an unidentified woman sitting in chair. The stereograph features two photographs of the same woman. The woman is wearing a light colored dress with dots. The photograph on the left features the woman sitting in a chair with her hands crossed on her lap. The photograph on the right features the woman sitting on the chair with her proper right arm on her lap and her proper left arm resting on her face. The back of the photograph is blank.
- Collection title
- Maxine Sullivan Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- portraits
- Topic
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.29.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Colored Pickets on Duty Near Dutch Gap
- Published by
- E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, American, 1862 - 1902
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1864
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper, ink on card stock
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (card): 3 3/8 × 6 7/8 × 1/16 in. (8.5 × 17.5 × 0.1 cm)
- H x W (left image): 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (7.8 × 7.7 cm)
- H x W (right image): 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (7.8 × 7.7 cm)
- Caption
- Dutch Gap refers to a Canal dug during the Civil War to cut off a bend in the James River controlled by Confederate forts. Digging of the canal started in late 1864 and among the workers were paid African Americans from the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island. Freedmen in the USCT (including the 116th Regiment out of Kentucky) also took part in the military conflicts at Dutch Gap.
- Description
- A reddish brown photograph of two men aiming rifles to the left of the photograph. Both men are wearing Union fatigues, including kepi hats and appear to have a full complement of Union-issue uniforms. They are in matching shoes, pants, coats, belts, sabers, and caps. One man is standing behind the side of a building. The other man is kneeling next to him. His rifle is propped on a barrel. The stereograph is made of two identical photographs. The right photograph is inscribed in the bottom left corner with “2553.” The photographs are adhered to orange card stock with back printed text. Printed on the left side of the card stock is “PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.” Printed on the right side of the card stock is “THE WAR FOR THE UNION.” The back of the stereograph is pink with a blue piece of paper with black text adhered at center. The text reads “WAR VIEWS, / Colored Pickets on duty near Dutch Gap. / No. 2553. / Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., / American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New-York.”
- Place captured
- Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- Topic
- American South
- Military
- Photography
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States Colored Troops
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2018.43.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Slave Market, Atlanta, Ga.
- Photograph by
- Barnard, George N., American, 1819 - 1902
- Published by
- E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, American, 1862 - 1902
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1864
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper, ink on card stock
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (card): 3 1/4 × 6 15/16 × 1/16 in. (8.3 × 17.6 × 0.1 cm)
- H x W (left image): 3 1/8 × 2 13/16 in. (7.9 × 7.2 cm)
- H x W (right image): 3 1/16 × 2 3/4 in. (7.8 × 7 cm)
- Description
- A reddish brown stereograph of the Slave Market, Atlanta, GA. The stereograph has two identical photographs next to each other adhered to yellow card stock. The street scene is almost devoid of people, showing a block of commercial buildings on a slightly down-sloping street. The central building has a sign that reads“CHINA GLASS / & / QUEENSWARE” on the upper floor and “AUCTION & NEGRO SALES” on the bottom floor. A window on the bottom floor has a sign that reads “LAMP, PINE / & / KEROSENE OILS.” Sitting in front of the store is a man in dark clothing. He is wearing a hat and has a rifle propped next to him against a window of the center building. The building on the left side of the image has a sign that reads “F. GEUTEBRUCK.” The buildings on the right side of the image has a sign that reads “ATLANTA / CIGAR / MANUFACTORY.” Printed vertically on the yellow card stock to the left of the images is “PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.” Printed vertically on the yellow card stock to the right of the images is “THE WAR FOR THE UNION.” A blue piece of paper with black text is adhered to the back of the card. The text reads “WAR VIEWS./The Slave Market, Atlanta, Ga./No. 3608/Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co.,/American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New-York.” Also on the blue sheet of paper is an Internal Revenue Two Cent Proprietary stamp featuring an image of George Washington.
- Place captured
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2018.43.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Market Scene
- Published by
- Nowell, Frank A., American, ca. 1848 - 1906
- Date
- 1880-1888
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (left image): 3 3/16 × 2 15/16 in. (8.1 × 7.5 cm)
- H x W (right image): 3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (8 × 7.4 cm)
- H x W x D (card): 3 3/8 × 6 7/8 × 1/16 in. (8.6 × 17.5 × 0.1 cm)
- Description
- A reddish brown stereograph photograph of a butcher shop scene. In the image, two men stand in front of a display of meat that appears to be staged in a photography studio. The man on the left is wearing khakis, a coat, and a hat with an up-turned rear brim. He is holding a wicker basket to the man in front of him. The man standing in the center of the image is dressed in white pants, a long-sleeved white shirt covered, white apron and a white hat. He is reaching out for the basket with one hand. In the background is a shelf with three rafters that feature two sets of ribs, an upended chicken, a flank, a leg, a hen, and a trussed package. At the far right of the photograph stand two butcher’s blocks. Printed in black text on the card on the left side is “F. A. NOWELL, / No. 263 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S.C.” Printed in black text on the right side of the card is “Charleston & Vicinity.” Listed on the back of the card are “Catalogue of Views of Charleston and Vicinity,” with titles listed from #1-70. "No. 25. Market Scene" is underlined lightly in graphite.
- Place depicted
- Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Topic
- American South
- Business
- Foodways
- Labor
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2018.43.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Stereograph of a deceased Confederate soldier in a trench
- Photograph by
- Roche, Thomas C., 1826 - 1895
- Published by
- E. and H.T. Anthony and Company, American, founded 1852
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Confederate States of America, 1861 - 1865
- Date
- 1865
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper, cardboard, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 3/8 × 7 in. (8.6 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- This albumen print stereograph depicts the body of an unidentified deceased Confederate States of America soldier lying in a muddy trench with his head nearest the camera. Two people are standing above the trench in the background and are out of focus of the camera. The albumen print is adhered to yellow cardboard. The words "PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY" are printed vertically along the left edge of the mount, while the words "'THE WAR FOR THE UNION" are printed vertically on the right edge. Beneath the photograph is text reading "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York." A piece of blue paper is adhered to the reverse of the mount with a three cent stamp adhered to left side of the paper. Text printed on the paper in black ink indicates this photograph was taken on April 2, 1865 after the battle of Petersburg, Virginia.
- Place depicted
- Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Stereograph of two deceased Confederate soldiers in a trench
- Photograph by
- Roche, Thomas C., 1826 - 1895
- Published by
- E. and H.T. Anthony and Company, American, founded 1852
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Confederate States of America, 1861 - 1865
- Date
- 1865
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, cardboard, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- This photographic print stereograph depicts the bodies of two (2) deceased Confederate States of America soldiers lying in a trench. The first soldier is in the center foreground and is only partly visible, with most of his body buried under dirt and debris. The second soldier lies in the middle of the photograph with his feet nearest the camera. The tunnels of the trenches visible behind him. In the right foreground is a wooden cheval de frise. The photograph is adhered to orange cardboard. The words "PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY" are printed vertically along the right edge of the mount, while the words "'THE WAR FOR THE UNION" are printed vertically on the left edge. Handwritten in the top left corner in pencil is the text "REBEL FORT MAHONE". Printed text on the reverse of the mount indicates the photograph was taken of Fort Mahone after the battle of Petersburg, Virginia, in April 1865. It also includes the text "PUBLISHED BY E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.".
- Place depicted
- Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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918. Collecting Remains of the Dead
- Photograph by
- Reekie, John, Scottish, born 1829
- Published by
- Taylor & Huntington, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775
- Date
- 1865
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, cardboard, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 × 7 in. (10.2 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- This photographic print stereograph shows a stretcher or litter in the foreground with several skeletal human remains piled on it. Clothing remains on the bones, including a boot that is placed on the ground in front of the stretcher with a skeletal leg extending from it. Three (3) men in civilian clothing are seen in the background. The man on the left is standing inside a hole holding a shovel. The other two men also hold tools and appear to be continuing to gather bodies or prepare graves. On the left side of the orange cardboard mount printed text reads "1861 THE WAR FOR THE UNION 1865" and on the right side "1861 PHOTOGRAPHIC WAR HISTORY 1865" with the name of the photograph, "Collecting the Remains of the Dead" printed in the lower right corner beneath the image. Handwritten on the mount in the upper right corner is the text "No. 16". Text printed on the reverse of the paper mount lists further details about the photograph with further information about a series of Civil War battlefield photography available from the printer Taylor & Huntington.
- Place depicted
- Cold Harbor, Hanover County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Stereograph of a deceased soldier on the battlefield after Gettysburg
- Photograph by
- Gardner, Alexander, Scottish, 1821 - 1882
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Confederate States of America, 1861 - 1865
- Date
- 1863
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, cardboard, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- This photographic print stereograph depicts the body of a deceased Confederate soldier as he fell on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in July 1863. The man lies on his back with his feet nearest the camera. His canteen lies near his left hand in the grass and his longarm with bayonet attached lies across his body. The photograph is mounted on orange cardboard with a pinkish tone on the reverse that is blank.
- Place depicted
- Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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552. Dunker Church, Antietam, September 17, 1862
- Photograph by
- Gardner, Alexander, Scottish, 1821 - 1882
- Published by
- Taylor & Huntington, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1862
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper, cardboard, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 × 7 in. (10.2 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- This albumen print stereograph shows several deceased soldiers lying in a field in the foreground. The bodies are immediately in front of a cart with large wooden wheels and a trunk placed on the seat. In the left background is a white building, the Dunker Church, with damage to the building from artillery evident on the sides and roof. Horses stand outside the building. A wooden fence runs between the church and the grouping of bodies and cart in the foreground. The photographs are cut with a rounded top edge. On the left side of the orange cardboard mount printed text reads "1861 THE WAR FOR THE UNION 1865" and on the right side "1861 PHOTOGRAPHIC WAR HISTORY 1865" with the name of the photograph, "552. Dunker Church, Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862" printed in the lower right corner beneath the image. Text printed on the reverse of the paper mount lists further details about the photograph with further information about a series of Civil War battlefield photography available from the printer Taylor & Huntington.
- Place depicted
- Antietam, Washington County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Stereograph of deceased soldiers on the battlefield after Gettysburg
- Photograph by
- O'Sullivan, Timothy, American, 1840 - 1882
- Published by
- Tipton, William H., American, 1850 - 1929
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1863
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, cardboard, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- This photographic print stereograph depicts the bodies of several deceased soldiers lying in an open field. A wooden fence in front of a dense forest of trees are in the background. The photographic print is mounted on orange cardboard that is pinkish on the reverse. A piece of paper adhered to the reverse of the mount has printed text with details of a series of Gettysburg battlefield photographs available from photographer and printer W. H. Tipton.
- Place depicted
- Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Stereograph of deceased Confederate soldiers near a fence at Antietam, Maryland
- Photograph by
- Gardner, Alexander, Scottish, 1821 - 1882
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Confederate States of America, 1861 - 1865
- Date
- 1862
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper, cardboard, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (8.6 × 17.5 cm)
- Description
- This albumen print stereograph shows the bodies of two (2) deceased Confederate soldiers lying in front of a fence on the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland. A piece of clothing or a blanket lies in the right foreground. The print is mounted on yellow cardboard with a rounded square frame and a central divider that have an embossed design. The reverse of the mount is blank.
- Place depicted
- Antietam, Washington County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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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
- Date
- 1895
- 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)
- 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.
- Place depicted
- Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Labor
- Photography
- U.S. 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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Bob and His Fiddle
- Photograph by
- Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1876-1888
- 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)
- 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.
- Place printed
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- portraits
- 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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Hoeing Rice
- Photograph by
- Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1876-1888
- 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)
- 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."
- Place printed
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- portraits
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Labor
- Photography
- U.S. 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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An Hour's Hunting
- Photograph by
- Havens, O. Pierre, American, 1838 - 1912
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1876-1888
- 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)
- 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."
- Place printed
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- portraits
- 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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Plantation Scene; Folks All Home
- Photograph by
- Wilson, J. N., American, 1827 - 1897
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1865-1874
- 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)
- 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."
- Place printed
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- 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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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
- Date
- 1876-1896
- 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)
- 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.
- Place printed
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Labor
- Photography
- U.S. 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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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
- Date
- 1899
- 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)
- 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".
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Photography
- U.S. 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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"Honey, Does Yo Lub Yo Man!"
- Photograph by
- Rau, William H., American, 1855 - 1920
- Distributed by
- Universal View Co., American, active 1890s - 1900s
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1897
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 6 in. (8 × 15.2 cm)
- H x W (card): 3 9/16 × 7 1/16 in. (9 × 17.9 cm)
- Description
- This stereoview card depicts a group of men, women, and children in a wedding scene. Consisting of two similar images side by side, the card is arranged with the images in the center. At either end of the card is vertical script. Words at the left side read “Sold only by Universal View Co. / Philadelphia PA, Lawrence Kan." Words at the right side read “William H. Rau Publishers/ Philadelphia, U.S.A." At the bottom right margin of the card are the words ""Honey, Does Yo Lub Yo Man?" /Copyrighted 1897, by William H. Rau."
- Statement
- Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Racist and Stereotypical Objects
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- stereographs
- Topic
- Families
- Language
- Marriage customs and rites
- Photography
- Stereotypes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.248.4.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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These are the Generations of Ham
- Published by
- Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
- Photograph by
- Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- silver and albumen on paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 3/16 × 6 1/8 in. (8.1 × 15.5 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (8.8 × 17.7 cm)
- Description
- This stereograph card depicts a group of women, children and a man sitting and standing in and in font of a doorway to a clapboard building. The adults all hold children on their laps or in in their arms. Consisting of two similar images side by side, the card is arranged with the images in the center. At either end of the card is vertical script. On the left hand margin the words read "Underwood & Underwood Publishers, / New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas." On the right hand margin are the words "Works and Studios/ Arlington, NJ, / Sun Sculpture/ [illegible]/ Trade Marks/ Westwood NJ." Running horizontally across the bottom margin are the words "These are the Generations of Ham. / Copyright, 1895, by Strohmeyer & Wyman." On the reverse of the card are the words" These are the Generations of Ham. / Les Generations des Jambons tumes (Ham). / Ham's [illegible]. / Estas son las generaciones del Jamon ahumado (Ham). / Desse aro Hams Attlingar. / [Greek lettered phrase]."
- Statement
- Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereographs
- Topic
- Children
- Domestic life
- Families
- Photography
- Religion
- Stereotypes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.248.4.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain