Details
Creator Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), 1862-1922.
Contributor Ingersoll View Company, publisher.
Title "Deed Child's, I's didn't know you was dare." [graphic].
Publisher St. Paul, Minn. U.S.A : Ingersoll View Company
Publisher MN. St. Paul. 1898
Date 1898
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (3.5 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description Racist, comic genre scene showing a young African American woman emerging from a cellar and accidentally knocking two children off the cellar doors. Depicts the woman standing out from the cellar and opening the cellar doors with both her hands. A young white girl has rolled off the door in the left and a young white boy lies on the edge of the door in the right. The girl, lies on her side, her head toward the viewer, her dress tousled, and her hands over her eyes. The boy, attired in a romper ensemble, sucks his thumb, and lies on his right side. The woman, smiles, and looks toward the boy. She is attired in a wide-brimmed hat, a shirt waist, and a skirt. The image also shows the outer wall of a stone dwelling and a window in which the figure of a man is visible. The window, adorned with drapery, is over the cellar.
Is part of Unidentified series No. 189
Notes Curved buff mount with rounded corners.
Title printed on mount.
Date and name of photographer from copyright statement: Copyrighted 1898, by T.W. Ingersoll.
Printed on mount: High Grade Original Views. Sold only by Subscription.
Gift of George R. Allen, 2022.
RVCDC
Subject Accidents.
Children.
Portraits and genre.
Racism in popular culture.
Cellars.
Genre Stereographs -- 1890-1900.
Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Genre photographs -- Color -- 1890-1900.
Humorous pictures -- 1890-1900.
Printer Ingersoll View Company, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Miscellaneous - Ingersoll [P.2022.42.19]
Accession number P.2022.14.19