- Photograph by
- Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
- Published by
- Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
- Date
- captured 1895; printed 1904
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (card): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
- H x W (left image): 3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in. (8 × 7.7 cm)
- H x W (right image): 3 1/8 × 3 in. (8 × 7.6 cm)
- Description
- A black and white stereograph of women and children standing on a large pile of rice-straw on a raft. Twenty people are in the photograph. Water and trees are in the background. Printed vertically on the left side of the card is "Underwood & Underwood, Publishers / New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas." Printed vertically on the right side of the card is "Works and Studios ~ Arlington, NJ/ Westwood, NJ." Printed below the right image in the bottom right corner is "(18) - 5677 - A Rice Raft, South Carolina / Copyright 1895 by Strohmeyer and Wyman." The back of the stereograph contains a description of the image as well as additional copyright information.
- Place captured
- Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- stereographs
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Foodways
- Labor
- Photography
- Rice farming
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.155.172
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




