Women Cutting Sugar Cane, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1912

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Artifact Overview

From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1912

Subject Date

circa 1890

Creator Notes

Photographed by William Henry Jackson. Published by Detroit Publishing Co., Detroit, Michigan. Printed 1912 from a negative made about 1890.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.073047

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Text at lower left image front: CUTTING SUGAR CANE LOUISIANA
Women Cutting Sugar Cane, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1912