<I>Picking Cotton</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1870-1880
name: label: Photograph by
content: Wilson & Havens Photography, American, 1870 - 1880
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This stereograph card depicts several figures picking cotton in a field. Wearing dark clothing, they bend over to reach the cotton. A man in the foreground has a large bag on the ground in front of him filled with cotton. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. The green margin of the cardboard mount is visible around the edges. There is text on the back that reads "Photograph by Wilson & Havens/ No.143 Broughton Street/ Savannah, GA."
place: label: Place printed
content: Savannah, Chatham 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
label: Topic
content: Rural life
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: 2015.248.4.22
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): 3 3/16 × 6 9/16 in. (8.1 × 16.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (8.6 × 17.5 cm)