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"Morning start in the cotton fields"

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1867-1877

Location Note

Library and Archives: Stereo Views: Occupations: Farms and Farming

GUSN

GUSN-194749

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Description

Stereograph depicts men and women picking cotton in fields.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cotton (fiber)
labor
stereographs
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Project number HNE0106

Physical Description

1 stereograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.04.02.2700.001

Image Dimensions

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

Record Details

Originator

Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909

Material Type

stereographs
photographs

Subjects

African Americans
Cotton picking
Agricultural laborers
Work

Accruals Note

Included in the Boston African Americana Project
Entering according to act of Congress in the year 1892.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Library and Archives: Stereo Views: Occupations: Farms and Farming

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