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Frank & his darkies. A wagon load of beets just in from the field [graphic].
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Title
Frank & his darkies. A wagon load of beets just in from the field [graphic].
Publisher
[United States]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1910
Date
[ca. 1910]
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 7 x 11 cm (2.75 x 4.5 in.)
Description
Group portrait depicting African American women agricultural laborers posed in front of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with beets. Three African American men agricultural laborers, including the foreman "Frank," stand beside them and on the cart. The women, most attired in hats, long-sleeved shirts, and full-length skirts, are covered in dirt from the day's work. In the left, another horse is visible.
Notes
Title from manuscript note written on verso.
Date inferred from attire of the sitters.
Gift of Tom Nicely, 1990.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
African American agricultural laborers.
African American men.
African American women.
Beets -- United States.
Carts & wagons -- United States.
Farming -- United States.
Farms -- United States.
Harvesting -- United States.
Horses -- United States.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1910-1920.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photos - 5 x 7- unidentified - Non-Philadelphia [P.9297]
Accession number
P.9297
In Collections
African American History Photographs
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1901-1980
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