<I>7652. My Old Woman and I.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1892
name: label: Photograph by
content: Benjamin West Kilburn, American, 1827 - 1909
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This stereograph card depicts an elderly couple standing on a narrow wood plank bridge. The man, wearing a light shirt, dark pants and a dark vest gazes at the viewer, while the woman, wearing a long checked dress, gazes to the viewer's right. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At one end, on the left side margin of the card is vertical text that reads " Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1892 by B.W. Kilburn, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C." along the bottom right margin is text that reads "7652 My Old Woman and I." On the back is text that reads "Photographed and Published by/ B.W. Kilburn, --- Littleton, N.H."
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
title: label: Title
content: Stereograph card of a man and woman on a plank bridge
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
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: Racist and Stereotypical 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: 2015.248.4.32
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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 15/16 × 6 1/16 in. (7.5 × 15.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (8.7 × 17.7 cm)