Details
Creator Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer.
Title [Silas McMinn residence, Lake Idaho?] [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1890
Date [ca. 1890]
Physical Description 1 photograph : platinum ; sheet 16 x 21 cm (6 x 8 in.)
Description Portrait of an African American man on a horse-drawn sulky on a farm. The man, attired in a brimmed hat, a coat, pants, and shoes, holds the reins to the horse. In the background are two log cabins, grazing calves, and men with a hay wagon.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 1982.
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.
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 exhibitions. His photographs often won prizes.
Subject African American agricultural laborers.
African American men -- Portraits.
Carts & wagons -- United States.
Cows -- United States.
Dwellings -- United States.
Farms -- United States.
Horses -- United States.
Genre Platinum prints -- 1890-1900.
Portrait photographs -- 1890-1900.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Wood [P.8743.179]
Accession number P.8743.179