7652. My Old Woman and I.
Object Details
- Description
- 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."
- Statement
- 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.
- 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
- 2015.248.4.32
- Photograph by
- Benjamin West Kilburn, American, 1827 - 1909
- 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: 2 15/16 × 6 1/16 in. (7.5 × 15.4 cm)
- H x W: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (8.7 × 17.7 cm)
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Racist and Stereotypical Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Title
- Stereograph card of a man and woman on a plank bridge
- Topic
- African American
- Families
- Language
- Photography
- Rural life
- Slavery
- Stereotypes
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2015.248.4.32
