Picking Cotton, Georgia, 1887

THF278894 / Picking Cotton, Georgia, 1887

THF278895 / Picking Cotton, Georgia, 1887

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Stereograph

Date Made

1887

Subject Date

1887

Creators

Collection Title

Research Center General Photograph Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2020.0.1.26

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.375 in
Width: 7 in

Inscriptions

front, left side: Littleton View Co. Publishers / Littleton, N.H. front, right side: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, / Baltimore, Md. - Ottawa, Kas.- front, bottom right side: 1222. Picking Cotton, Georgia

Keywords	United States, Georgia Stereographs Photographs African Americans Cotton Cotton industry Cotton picking

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