6946. Morning start in Cotton Field.
Object Details
- Description
- This stereograph card depicts a group of people picking cotton. There are several large round wicker baskets in the foreground. In the background are two men on horseback. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is text that reads "James M. Davis, / New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney." On the right side margin is text that reads "Copyright 1892, by B.W. Kilburn." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "6946. Morning start in Cotton Field. On the back is text that reads "Photographed and Published by/ B.W. Kilburn, - Littleton, N. H."
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 1892
- Object number
- 2015.248.4.18
- Published by
- Benjamin West Kilburn, American, 1827 - 1909
- Photograph by
- Benjamin West Kilburn, American, 1827 - 1909
- Distributed by
- James M. Davis
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- stereographs
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 2 15/16 × 6 1/8 in. (7.5 × 15.5 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Title
- Stereograph card of men and women picking cotton
- Topic
- African American
- Agriculture
- American South
- Cotton
- Labor
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2015.248.4.18
