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Uncle Jimmie, Beaufort, S.C. [graphic] / Photographed by Wilson & Havens, Savannah, Ga.
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Creator
Wilson & Havens, photographer.
Title
Uncle Jimmie, Beaufort, S.C. [graphic] / Photographed by Wilson & Havens, Savannah, Ga.
Publisher
Savannah, Ga. : [Wilson & Havens]
Publisher
S.C.. Beaufort. 1880
Date
[ca. 1880]
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 18 cm (3.75 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description
Stereograph depicting “Uncle Jimmie,” an older African American man knitting the corner edge of a mesh fishing net extended out in front of him from a pole on the porch of a wood cabin. Shows the man, with receding, short, cropped hair, seated, and in profile. He wears a white, long-sleeve, button-down shirt; dark-colored pants; and work shoes. The man, possibly Gullah, uses a flat rule and needle on the edge of the net. Behind the man, in the background, an open door to an entryway with an open window is visible. A vertical beam is also visible in the left of the image. Knitting fish net was and is one of a number of Gullah traditions (customs developed by enslaved Africans living along the Atlantic coast of South Carolina) practiced in Beaufort, S.C.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Date inferred from active dates of Wilson & Havens partnership.
Orange mount with rounded corners.
Description reviewed 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject
African American men -- South Carolina -- Beaufort.
Cabins -- South Carolina -- Beaufort.
Fishing nets -- South Carolina -- Beaufort.
Gullah men -- South Carolina -- Beaufort.
Knitting -- South Carolina -- Beaufort.
Porches -- South Carolina -- Beaufort.
African American laborers -- South Carolina -- Beaufort.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - misc. photographer - Wilson & Havens [P.2020.38]
Accession number
P.2020.38
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African American History Photographs
Stereograph Collection
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