<I>No. 24: A Plantation Scene In South Carolina</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Published by
content: S. T. Souder
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white stereograph depicting a plantation scene in South Carolina, published by S. T. Souder in Charleston, South Carolina. Individuals, mostly children, are seated in chairs, on benches or steps, or on the ground. A row of white cabins appears at right. Photograph is mounted on a yellow card. On back of card is a blue label with printed text reading "No. 24. A PLANTATION SCENE, IN SOUTH CAROLINA. This picture represents the Negro Quarters on a Plantation, as taken in 1860. It is a true picture of life on a well-organized Plantation in South Carolina. Old and young are assembled after the heads of the families have finished their tasks, to partake of their meals, prepared by those selected for that purpose by the owner, in consequence of their inability to do field work. The task of the industrious and provident slave was often finished by mid-day. After which they were permitted to work for themselves in a garden patch attached to their quarters." Card is worn at the corners.
place: label: Place depicted
content: South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.78.3
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: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Images): 3 1/16 × 6 3/16 in. (7.8 × 15.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Card): 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 × 1/16 in. (8.7 × 17.6 × 0.2 cm)