Details
Creator Underwood & Underwood.
Contributor Strohmeyer & Wyman, copyright holder.
Title Rapid transit in Southern Mississippi. [graphic].
Publisher New York ; London ; Toronto, Canada ; Ottawa, Kansas ; Arlington, N.J. ; Littleton, N. H. ; Washington, D. C. : Underwood & Underwood, publishers, works and studios
Publisher N. Y. New York. 1895
Date 1895
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (3.5 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description Racist scene showing an African American family comprised of the parents and eleven children traveling in an open wagon pulled by two oxen. The parents, each holding a baby, sit on the cab as the older children stand in the bed of the wagon. A wood shack, with three small windows, a door, and dilapidated fencing stands in the background. Two African American women, each holding a baby, stand in front of the building. The women and girls wear cotton shirtwaists, skirts, or smock dresses, and kerchiefs or a wide-brimmed hat. The man and boys wear long-sleeved shirts, pants, and hats or caps.
Notes Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1895, by Strohmeyer & Wyman.
Title from item.
Title printed in six different languages, including French, German, and Spanish on verso.
Gift of David Long.
RVCDC
Description reviewed 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Biographical / historical note In 1912 Keystone View Company purchased rights to some Underwood & Underwood negatives for use in educational sets, and in 1922 purchased the remaining stock of Underwood materials. Keystone remained in business until 1970.
Subject African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
African American children Mississippi.
African American families Mississippi.
African American women -- Mississippi.
Carts & wagons -- Mississippi.
Dwellings -- Mississippi.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Stereographs -- 1890-1900.
Printer Strohmeyer & Wyman, copyright holder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Portraits & Genre [P.2018.16.9]
Accession number P.2018.16.9