Details
Creator Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 photographer.
Contributor Griffith & Griffith, publisher.
Title "The coon" wedding march [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Sold only by Griffith & Griffith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1897
Date c1897
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount ; 18 x 9 cm.(3.75 x 7 in.)
Description Scene showing a young African American girl in a white dress leading the procession of the young African American couple and their attendents. The bride, holds fake flowers and wears a calico shirt, white skirt, and thick cloth veil. Small picture prints and placards written in black dialect adorn the walls.
Notes Inscribed on negative: 16974.
Copyright by William H. Rau.
Stamped on mount: Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Liverpool, Eng. American and Foreign Views.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Weddings -- United States.
African Americans -- Marriage.
Processions.
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Genre Genre photographs -- 1890-1900.
Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Stereographs -- 1890-1990.
Printer Griffith & Griffith, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Rau - Genre [P.9921]
Accession number P.9921