Creator |
Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer. |
Title |
"Dat corn takes a might site a hoe'in" [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1888 |
Date |
[ca. 1888] |
Physical Description |
1 photograph : platinum ; sheet 21 x 16 cm. 8 x 6 in.) |
Description |
Depicts an older African American man, attired in torn and worn clothing, exiting through the doorway of his wooden house
carrying a hoe. The man, wearing white hair and a white beard and attired in a top hat, a white shirt, a waistcoat, a torn
coat, torn pants with patches, and shoes, steps down his front stairs of the dilapidated house. In front of the house is a
stool with a basket on top, a broom, a small table with a wooden bushel and a bowl, and a cup rests on the windowsill.
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Notes |
Title from manuscript note on verso. |
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Variant of prize winner at the Philadelphia Photographic Society Exhibition 1886. |
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Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 1982. |
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Description revised 2022. |
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Access points revised 2022. |
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Frances Orlando's "George Bacon Wood, photographer of the 1880's: an introduction to the Wood Collection in the Library Company
of Philadelphia." (Master's thesis, Philadelphia College of Art, 1985), p. 41.
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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.
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Biographical / historical note |
Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans,
at national and international photography exhibition. His photographs won prizes.
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Subject |
African American agricultural laborers. |
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African American men. |
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Dwellings -- United States. |
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Farming -- United States. |
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Older people -- United States. |
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Rural life -- United States. |
Genre |
Genre photographs -- 1880-1890. |
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Platinum prints -- 1880-1890. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1880-1890. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Wood [P.8743.181] |
Accession number |
P.8743.181 |