Albumen print of men, women, and children picking cotton in South Carolina
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1875
name: label: Photograph by
content: George L. Cook, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: An albumen print mounted on board depicting formerly enslaved men, women and children picking cotton on a South Carolina plantation. The laborers are spread out in the field, many bending down to pick the cotton. The women wear checked dresses and cloth headwraps. The men wear light colored shirts and dark brimmed hats. Many wear large sacks strapped across their bodies. In the upper left corner, a man raises a large basket behind his head with both hands. In the left foreground, a small girl in a checked dress and patterned head kerchief stands next to a large basket full of cotton. A stamp on the verso reads: [GEO L. COOK, Photographer - 265 KING ST. CHARLESTON, S.C.].
place: label: Place made
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: Cotton
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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: 2008.9.22
objectType: label: Type
content: albumen prints
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 nitrate on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 3/4 x 3 in. (7 x 7.6 cm)