<I>No. 44, Weighing Cotton</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1895
name: label: Photograph by
content: A. W. Möller, British American, 1867 - 1922
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: An albumen print on cabinet card depicting a group of men and women weighing cotton. The photograph shows a tall bearded man wearing a straw hat, light colored shirt, and dark pants weighing a large basket of cotton. The scale is a T-shaped wooden stand with a weighted bag on one end of the top pole and the cotton basket attached to the other. A group of nine (9) observers sit on baskets of cotton to the right. Each is wearing a hat. A short man stands next to an open shed on the left. In the background is a small wooden building, trees, and a field. The photograph is faded with a yellowish tint and mounted on a piece of board with rounded corners that is green on the front and gray on the back. A small hole is located at the top center of the backing board. The back is printed with text identifying the series and photographer.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Thomas County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Cotton
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Views of Thomasville and Vicinity
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman and Sandra Lindley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.117.2
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: albumen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver on paper mounted on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 4 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. (10.5 x 15.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Mount): 5 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. (13 x 18.4 cm)