Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title [Three] colored boys with banjos back of Swannanoa Hotel, Asheville, [NC] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Date March 28, 1890
Physical Description 1 photograph : glass negative ; negative 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing three young African American men posing in front of a wooden fence behind the Swannanoa Hotel. In the left, the man, attired in a cap, a scarf, a waistcoat, a jacket, pants with the bottoms rolled up, shoes, and a wedding ring, smiles and looks at the viewer as he holds a banjo. In the center, the shorter, young man, attired in a brimmed hat, a white shirt, a checked jacket, a coat, pants, and shoes, smiles and looks at the viewer with his hands in his coat pockets. The man in the right, attired in a cap, a collared shirt, a tie, a scarf, a waistcoat, a jacket, striped pants, and shoes, looks at the viewer and holds a banjo.
Notes Time: 10 A.M.
Light: Fair sun.
Purchase 2001.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject African American men -- North Carolina -- Asheville -- Portraits.
Banjos.
Portraits.
Afro-Americana.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Asheville (N.C.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1611]
Accession number P.9895.1611