<I>6946. Morning start in Cotton Field.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1892
name: label: Published by
content: Benjamin West Kilburn, American, 1827 - 1909
label: Photograph by
content: Benjamin West Kilburn, American, 1827 - 1909
label: Distributed by
content: James M. Davis
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This stereograph card depicts a group of people picking cotton. There are several large round wicker baskets in the foreground. In the background are two men on horseback. 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 text that reads "James M. Davis, / New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney." On the right side margin is text that reads "Copyright 1892, by B.W. Kilburn." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "6946. Morning start in Cotton Field. On the back is text that reads "Photographed and Published by/ B.W. Kilburn, - Littleton, N. H."
title: label: Title
content: Stereograph card of men and women picking cotton
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
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: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.248.4.18
objectType: label: Type
content: stereographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 2 15/16 × 6 1/8 in. (7.5 × 15.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)