"We's done all dis s'mornin'," 1899
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Artifact Overview
This stereograph features children with a full basket of cotton, the cash crop dominating southern agriculture at the time. The caption, in dialect, implied that these children were uneducated. Its translation into six languages conveyed that impression internationally. In reality, cotton pickers earned low wages (one penny per pound) and their impoverished condition undermined access to adequate education.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Stereograph
Date Made
1899
Subject Date
1899
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2020.0.1.28
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: Keystone View Company / Manufacturers and Publishers.
front, right side: Meadville, Pa. St. Louis, Mo. / Copyright 1899, by B.L. Singley
front, bottom, right side: 9506--"We's done all dis s'mornin'."
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