Cotton is King - Plantation Scene, Georgia
- Photograph by
- Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901
- Published by
- Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper with cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Card): 3 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (8.9 × 17.9 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white stereoscopic photograph depicting a group of men, women, and children picking cotton in a field. A white man on a horse can be seen in the background watching the group. Green type below the photograph reads, [(21)-5078 Cotton is King - Plantation Scene, Georgia./COPYRIGHT 1895 by Strohmeyer & Wyman]. Publisher and manufacturers information appear on left and right side of photograph. Description of the scene and the cotton industry appears on the back of the stereoscopic card.
- Place depicted
- Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- albumen prints
- stereoscopic photographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Object number
- 2014.312.171
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.