No. 220, Searching for Ideas

Photograph by

Russell Bros., 1883-1941

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Unidentified Child or Children

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin or collodion on printing out paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (Image): 4 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (11.7 × 20 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 5 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (13.3 × 21.6 cm)

Type

cabinet photographs

Place captured

Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

early 20th century

Description

A cabinet card with a black-and-white photograph of an unidentified woman and three (3) unidentified children sitting on the steps of a raised wooden breezeway between two wooden buildings. The woman sits one step above the children and uses a comb to pick lice or other pests from the head of the child seated in the middle, whose head is resting on the woman's lap. The other two children look off frame to their left. The title and photographer name is in handwritten white text to the left of the woman and at the bottom left that is inherent to the print. The reverse of the gray card mount has a detailed list of other "Special Southern Views" available from Russell Bros. photographers printed in black ink.

Topic

African American

American South

Children

Domestic life

Hair

Health

Photography

Stereotypes

United States--History--1865-1921

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

Object number

2016.166.11

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title

Liljenquist Family Collection

Portfolio/Series

Special Southern Views

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture