Manufactured by
Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972
Subject of
Unidentified Child or Children
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions
H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 6 in. (8 × 15.2 cm)
H x W (sheet): 3 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (8.8 × 17.9 cm)
Description
This stereograph card depicts a group of men, women, and children picking cotton. In the background is a person sitting sideways on a pale colored horse or mule. In the foreground is a large circular container of cotton flanked by two children. 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 "Keystone View Company/ Manufacturers/ Copyrighted/ Made in U.S.A. / Publishers." On the right side margin is script that reads "Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., / Chicago, Ill., London, England." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "9506 Picking Cotton on a Mississippi Plantation." At the top center margin is text that reads "T89." There is text on the back of the card.
Place depicted
Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
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
2015.248.4.20
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fb85a0a4-ef43-442d-bac0-67370ecc31bd

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