Photograph of the Cotten family
date: label: Date
content: 1902
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Carrie Cotten
label: Subject of
content: Mildred Cotten
label: Subject of
content: Loula Cotten Williams, American, died 1927
label: Subject of
content: Myrtle Cotten
label: Subject of
content: Tom Cotten
label: Subject of
content: Sallie Cotten
label: Subject of
content: Susie Cotten
label: Subject of
content: Ernest Cotten
label: Subject of
content: Elizabeth Estes, American, 1882 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of the nine members of the Cotten family taken in 1902. The names of the family members have been written on or above their likenesses. Tom Cotten and Sallie Cotten sit in the middle with their daughters sitting and standing around them. The girls are identified as (left to right): Myrtle (seated), Carrie, Mildred, Loula, Elizabeth, and Susie (seated). A small boy identified as Ernest Cotten sits on a small stool in front of Tom and Sallie. Written below the image is “The Cotten Family 1902.” The back of the photograph is blank.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Madison County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.60.1
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)