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- "We's done all dis s'mornin'," 1899 - 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.
- 1899
- Collections - Artifact
"We's done all dis s'mornin'," 1899
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.
- Cars Loaded with Cotton Bales on Levee, near Cotton Growing District, Texas, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Cars Loaded with Cotton Bales on Levee, near Cotton Growing District, Texas, circa 1920
- Sponge Market, Key West Harbor, Fla., U.S.A., 1898 -
- 1898
- Collections - Artifact
Sponge Market, Key West Harbor, Fla., U.S.A., 1898
- Keystone View Company Stereoscope - From the late 1800s to the early 1900s, a stereoscope and a handful of stereographs provided Americans with hours of amusement and discovery. Stereoscopes combine the two-dimensional images printed on a stereograph into a single image -- one that gives an illusion of depth. These simple, handheld devices transformed millions of images into visual history lessons, entertaining illustrations of life, and encounters with far-away places.
- Collections - Artifact
Keystone View Company Stereoscope
From the late 1800s to the early 1900s, a stereoscope and a handful of stereographs provided Americans with hours of amusement and discovery. Stereoscopes combine the two-dimensional images printed on a stereograph into a single image -- one that gives an illusion of depth. These simple, handheld devices transformed millions of images into visual history lessons, entertaining illustrations of life, and encounters with far-away places.
- Harvesting Indian River Pineapples in Florida, 1900-1910 -
- 1900-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Harvesting Indian River Pineapples in Florida, 1900-1910
- A Pineapple Field, Southern Florida, 1904 -
- 1904
- Collections - Artifact
A Pineapple Field, Southern Florida, 1904
- Banana Tree, Hawaii, 1906 -
- 1906
- Collections - Artifact
Banana Tree, Hawaii, 1906
- Hoeing Rice, South Carolina, U.S.A., 1900-1910 - Rice grows best when fields are flooded at planting time and periodically during the growing season. Managing the water levels required an infrastructure as well as regular maintenance. This stereograph shows workers with a broad and heavy hoe, removing weeds and deepening the channel in a rice field.
- 1900-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Hoeing Rice, South Carolina, U.S.A., 1900-1910
Rice grows best when fields are flooded at planting time and periodically during the growing season. Managing the water levels required an infrastructure as well as regular maintenance. This stereograph shows workers with a broad and heavy hoe, removing weeds and deepening the channel in a rice field.
- Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth Massachusetts, 1925 -
- 1920-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth Massachusetts, 1925
- Statue of Massasoit, Chief of the Wampanoags, 1925 -
- 1920-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Statue of Massasoit, Chief of the Wampanoags, 1925