Details
Creator Rich, James Bartlett, 1866-1942, photographer.
Title [Black woman washing young Black boy at a dam] [graphic] / J.B. Rich.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1905
Date [ca. 1905]
Physical Description 1 slide : lantern ; negative 8 x 10 cm (3 x 4 in.) (lantern slide format)
Description Depicts a young Black mother washing her son in a dammed stream. In the center, the woman, attired in patterned, long-sleeved dress, stands in the water and bends over. She holds the boy, who stands nude. The stone wall behind them has an opening allowing water to flow through. The grass in the foreground and the trees in the background are colored green.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Purchase 1988.
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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Biographical / historical note Rich, a professional Philadelphia landscape photographer, was an avid traveller.
Subject Bathing.
Bodies of water.
Children, Black.
Women, Black.
Black children.
Black women.
Genre Lantern slides -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Lantern Slides - Rich [P.9266.1245]
Accession number P.9266.1245