- Photograph by
- Wasson, Charles L., American, born 1866
- Published by
- International View Company, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1900
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 3/16 × 6 in. (8.1 × 15.2 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
- Description
- This stereograph card depicts a group of people picking cotton. There is a large container of cotton in the foreground. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is script that reads "International View Co." On the right side margin is script that reads "Decatur Ill. U.S.A." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "641. Cotton is King - A Louisiana Plantation Scene, (Prize Cotton). / Copyright, 1900, by C. L. Wasson."
- Place depicted
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- Type
- stereographs
- Topic
- Agriculture
- American South
- Cotton
- Labor
- Photography
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.248.4.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




