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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
    Cotton
    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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5eddc2a22-519d-4402-a15f-a6b375903973
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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
    Rice farming
    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
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5965460d9-6771-4f57-917c-55c84bd65f80
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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
    Topic
    American South
    Children
    Domestic life
    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
    2016.166.7
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd513f0739a-de3f-4a5d-91d3-a51b9bbba079
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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 holding a homemade fiddle while seated outside a small log dwelling. 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 recto and light pink on the verso. On the verso black text in various decorative fonts reads: [Havens / (Successor to Wilson & Havens) / PHOTOGRAPHER / 141 & 143 Broughton Street / SAVANNAH, GA. / PUBLISHER OF THE / LARGEST COLLECTION / OF / SOUTHERN VIEWS / IN / THE UNITED STATES.].
    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
    American South
    Child musicians
    Children
    Music
    Photography
    Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
    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
    2016.166.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fceda0bd-4251-41fb-9c38-0beda991e721
  • The Huckster

    Created by
    Pleasant, William Jr., 1928 - 1997
    Subject of
    Unidentified
    Date
    1980
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
    Exhibition
    Cultural Expressions
    Medium
    oil paint on particle board
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 23 1/8 × 20 3/8 × 3/16 in. (58.7 × 51.8 × 0.5 cm)
    Description
    An oil painting on particle board of a huckster selling fish and crabs. The huckster stands in the middle of a street lined with two story, red-roofed buildings, facing the viewer, with just their head and shoulders visible. The huckster is wearing a white sleeveless top with a white scarf wrapped around their head and a wide basket perched on top of their head. The light brown basket dominates the top half of the top half of the painting. It is filled with crabs and fish and is set against a dark blue sky background. The huckster’s hand is raised to their face, as if calling out. The artist’s signature is in the lower right corner of the painting. There are no inscriptions on the back of the painting.
    Place depicted
    Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Visual Arts
    Type
    oil paintings
    portraits
    Topic
    American South
    Art
    Business
    Communities
    Cooking and dining
    Foodways
    Urban life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sadie B. Pleasant and Family
    Object number
    2016.160
    Restrictions & Rights
    © William Pleasant Jr.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56b94bde6-05a9-4df9-a4a0-3d52147ab85b
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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
    Topic
    American South
    Children
    Hair
    Health
    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
    2016.166.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5035076b8-b3a0-4f20-9a8b-18b38afc4964
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    Bill of sale with two transactions for an enslaved man named Joe or Joseph

    Written by
    Harding, George S., American, died 1863
    Goldsmith, Henry P., American
    Subject of
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Locke, Joseph L., American
    Davis, Charles, American
    Akins, James, American
    Date
    1844
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 13 × 8 1/16 in. (33 × 20.5 cm)
    Description
    A bill of sale for an enslaved man identified as “Joseph or Joe." The document includes both printed and handwritten text. The document records two separate transactions for the man, one on the front and one on the back. The front of the document concerns a transaction that occurred On July 16, 1844. Henry P. Goldsmith of Chambers County, Alabama, purchased Joe for $465 from Joseph L. Lock and Charles Davis in Savannah, Georgia. Joe is described as 19 and of “bright mulatto colour.” The back of the document contains the second transaction, dated August 26, 1844. In this sale, Joe is transferred from Goldsmith to James Akins of Chambers County, Alabama for “value received.” Additional text is at the bottom of the page. G. S. Harding acted as witness to both sales.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Place used
    Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Chambers County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Liljenquist Family Collection
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
    Type
    bills of sale
    Topic
    American South
    Business
    Domestic slave trade
    Men
    Slavery
    U.S. History, 1815-1861
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
    Object number
    2018.43.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50da70e6f-029e-4c6e-ad86-6a043be830fc
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    Colander used by Chef Joseph Randall

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Used by
    Randall, Joseph G., American
    Date
    1976
    On View
    Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
    Exhibition
    Cultural Expressions
    Medium
    copper , metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 5 3/8 × 11 1/8 × 8 7/8 in. (13.7 × 28.3 × 22.5 cm)
    Description
    A metal colander with circular base and circular bowl. There are metal handles on sides of colander and numerous round holes in the bowl for straining. The exterior of bowl is copper.
    Place used
    Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Tools and Equipment-Culinary
    Type
    colanders
    Topic
    Cooking and dining
    Foodways
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joseph G. Randall
    Object number
    2014.278.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd551160ca5-33cd-4784-8b3a-1beec303a7f9
  • Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. Oral History Interview

    Created by
    Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
    Interview of
    Tuttle, Rick Ph. D., American, born 1940
    Interviewed by
    Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
    Subject of
    Freedom Riders, American, founded 1961
    Wesleyan University, American, founded 1831
    University of California, Los Angeles, American, founded 1919
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
    Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
    Chatham County Crusade for Voters, American, c. 1960
    Date
    April 11, 2013
    Medium
    digital
    Dimensions
    Duration: 02:04:49
    Description
    The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.78.1a, 2011.174.78.1b, 2011.174.78.1c, 2011.174.78.1d, 2011.174.78.1e, and 2011.174.78.1f.
    Rick Tuttle, Ph. D. describes his family background and when he first became aware of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides when he was a student at Wesleyan University. As a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he was recruited to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963 and went to Greenwood, Mississippi, to work on voter registration drives. He also briefly spied on white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan meetings. After being driven out of Mississippi by threats, he joined the Chatham County Crusade for Voters in Savannah, Georgia. Tuttle describes being arrested in Savannah for disturbing the peace and the subsequent trial. Tuttle discusses the work he did after leaving the Movement: as the comptroller in Los Angeles he helped to bring an end to segregation at private clubs and participated in the anti-apartheid movement.
    LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0078
    Place collected
    Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Place depicted
    Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
    Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
    Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Collection title
    Civil Rights History Project
    Classification
    Media Arts-Film and Video
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Anti-apartheid movements
    Freedom Riders
    Type
    video recordings
    oral histories
    digital media - born digital
    Topic
    Activism
    American South
    American West
    Associations and institutions
    Civil rights
    Education
    Resistance
    Segregation
    Social reform
    Suffrage
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    White supremacy movements
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Object number
    2011.174.78.1a-f
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5181a739c-7ce8-4c97-af16-8f7854adda11
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    Notice of an impending sheriff's sale of 7 enslaved persons

    Created by
    Rupell, Edward
    Subject of
    Davis, George
    Schultz, George
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Man or Men
    Unidentified Child or Children
    Date
    March 15, 1862
    Medium
    ink on paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 8 x 8 1/2 in. (20.3 x 21.6 cm)
    Description
    A legal notice of judgment against George W. Davis in favor of George Schultz for $2,434.20 where Andrew County, Missouri sheriff Edward Rupell announces that he will sell enslaved persons belonging to Davis to settle his debt. The document consists of a pre-printed form with [SHERIFF'S SALE.] at the top and the names, amounts, date and other details completed by hand. the list of enslaved persons is handwritten on a second sheet of blue paper adhered to the bottom of the first. The list reads:
    [One negro man named Martin aged 33 years
    one negro woman named Walker aged 23 years
    one negro woman named Rachel aged 37 years
    one negro girl named Amanda aged 10 years
    one negro girl named Alice aged 6 years
    one negro girl named Polly aged 6 years
    and one negro girl named Addie aged 3 years]
    The document is signed [Edward Rupell Sheriff of Andrew County Missouri].
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Place made
    Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
    Type
    legal notices
    Topic
    Domestic slave trade
    Finance
    Law
    Slavery
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2010.77.12
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fc8cf544-febb-4476-8e96-00b5524164ab
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