Albumen print of a woman and two children in front of a log house in Georgia
date: label: Date
content: 1880s
name: label: Photograph by
content: H. S. Clark, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A reddish-brown photograph of a woman with two children in Georgia. The image shows a small log house with a picket fence in front. The fence has a gate which is open. A tree is on the right side of the photograph. Behind the gate is the front door of the cabin with three steps leading up to the door. The two children are sitting on the top step. A girl wearing a dark colored dress is sitting on the left and a boy wearing lighter colored clothing sits on the right. Both children are barefoot. A woman wearing a light colored dress with a dark colored top and a headscarf is standing behind the children in the doorway to the house. All three people are looking at the camera. There is a window to either side of the door; the one on the right side of the image is missing several panes and a light colored material is hanging in the corner. Printed vertically in black ink on the left side of the photograph is “FROM Clark’s.” Printed in black ink on the back of the photograph is “H.S. CLARK / Photographer / THOMASVILLE, GA.”
place: label: Place captured
content: Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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 the Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.43.20
objectType: label: Type
content: albumen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 7/8 × 5 7/16 in. (9.9 × 13.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (card): 6 1/2 × 4 3/16 × 1/16 in. (16.5 × 10.7 × 0.1 cm)