<I>Away Down Among "de Cotton and de Coons," Louisiana, U.S.A.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1892
name: label: Published by
content: J. F. Jarvis, British American, 1849 - 1931
label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
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 two young boys wearing hats in the foreground. In the background is a man carrying a wicker basket of cotton on his right shoulder. 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 "J.F. Jarvis, Publisher, / Washington D.C." On the right side is script that reads "Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, / New York, London, Toronto Canada, Ottawa-Ka[illegible]." Along the bottom margin is text that reads "Away Down Among "de Cotton and de Coons," Louisiana, U.S.A. / [illegible] 1892 by Underwood & Underwood." There is text on the back that reads "Away Down among "de Cotton and de Coons." Louisiana, U.S.A./ Au milieu du Coton et des Negres, Louisiane, Etats-Unis./ Unter Bau[illegible] und Negern, Louisiana, B.[illegible]./ En el Sur entre el Algodon y los Negros, Louisiana, E U de A./ Langt ne'r ibiand "Bomulla och Svartingar," Louisiana, U.S.A./ [text in Greek]."
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: Louisiana, 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: Labor
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 2015.248.4.17
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 1/4 × 6 1/16 in. (8.3 × 15.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)