Stereograph of people picking cotton in a field
date: label: Date
content: 1876-1896
name: label: Photograph by
content: J. N. Wilson, American, 1827 - 1897
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: An untitled stereograph printed by J. N. Wilson of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depicts a group of eight (8) people clustered near each other in a cotton field. The men, women, and children are all picking cotton or looking away from the camera except for a young man in the center foreground who stands and looks into the lens with a large picking sack hanging down on his right front side and his right hand balancing a full basket of cotton bolls on his head. A large white building can be seen in the far center background with smaller buildings around it amongst a grove of trees. The prints are mounted on card stock that is orange on the front and light pink on the reverse. Black text printed on the reverse lists the photographer's name and address.
place: label: Place printed
content: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, 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: U.S. History, 1865-1921
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family 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, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.166.8
objectType: label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: stereographs
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: albumen and silver on paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 3 15/16 × 7 in. (10 × 17.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image (each)): 3 11/16 × 3 1/16 in. (9.4 × 7.8 cm)