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Composite illustration entitled, "Southern Scenes and Incidents" from the American Agriculturalist, 1882.

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Collection Type

  • art

Date

1882-12-01

Location Note

Library and Archives: Stacks: Periodicals: American Agriculturalist

GUSN

GUSN-190839

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Description

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This composite illustration, entitled "Southern Scenes and Incidents", depicts women and men at work, a steamboat loaded with bales of cotton, cotton fields, and a house. The illustration was designed and engraved for the "American Agriculturalist", volume XLI, issue 12, page 546.

Details

Descriptive Terms

farming
agriculture
cotton (fiber)
agricultural land
steamboats
laborers
workers
illustrations (layout features)

Additional Identification Number

Project number HNE0063

Physical Description

1 illustration : woodcut engraving

Collection Code

SC002

Collection Name

Non-Historic New England periodicals

Reference Code

SC002.01.1882.12.001

Image Dimensions

10 1/16 x 7 3/16 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

American Agriculturalist (Publisher)

Material Type

illustrations (layout features)

Subjects

African Americans
Agricultural laborers
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Black People

Accruals Note

Included in the Boston African Americana Project.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

New York

Publisher

Orange Judd & Co.

Location Note

Library and Archives: Stacks: Periodicals: American Agriculturalist

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