Print reproduction with handwritten note
date: label: Date
content: 1890s-1900s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Published by
content: Dixie W. Leach
notes: label: Caption
content: The handwritten note identifies the snuff sticks in this collection as reportedly belonging to Ezzie Brown, a descendant of enslaved persons on Saint Simons Island off the coast of Georgia.
label: Description
content: The a color reproduction of a print depicting a seated woman wearing a red cap and blue dress with a snuff stick in her moth. At bottom left it reads "COPYRIGHT, 1907, J. ROYSTER" and at right: "PUBLISHED, DIXIE W. LEACH". Adhered to the sleeve on the print is a sticker with handwritten note reading [Snuff Sticks / Belonged to / Ezzie Brown / Slave Descendent / St. Simons Island / Georgia]. The back of the reproduction is blank.
place: label: Place collected
content: Glynn County, Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Tobacco
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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 Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.234.5
objectType: label: Type
content: 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: paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (12.4 × 8.9 cm)