| 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 |
