<I>1222. Picking Cotton, Georgia.</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Published by
content: Littleton View Company, American, founded 1861
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. In it, several adults stand in a large cotton field, some holding large bags at their sides. One man in front stands facing the viewer holding a large wicker circular basket partially filled with cotton. 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 script. On the left side margin is script that reads "Littleton View Co. / Littleton N.H." On the right side margin is scrip that reads "Stereoscopic Treasures." On the bottom right margin is text that reads "1222 Picking Cotton, Georgia."
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Cotton
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.248.4.10
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: albumen and silver on paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 5 7/8 in. (8 × 15 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (8.8 × 17.9 cm)