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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52666c5d1-8864-4e16-b11f-957b42a56ce9

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