| Creator |
Palmer, J. A., photographer. |
| Contributor |
Gow, Jas. L., printer. |
| Title |
Cotton field. [graphic] / Photographed by J.A. Palmer, Aiken, S.C. |
| Publisher |
Augusta, Georgia |
| Publisher |
GA. Augusta. 1875 |
| Date |
[ca. 1875] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 18 cm (3.75 x 7 in.) (stereograph format) |
| Description |
Depicts African American women and children picking and collecting cotton in the field. In the center, an African American
woman, attired in a short-sleeved dress, stands facing left with a bag slung over her shoulder. In the left, a child looks
at the viewer, and an African American woman, attired in a dress with the sleeves rolled to the elbows and an apron, holds
cotton in her hands in front of a large basket filled with cotton. In the right, a young girl holds a large basket filled
with cotton on her head. Two more women and a child look at the viewer. In the background is a house and trees.
|
| Is part of |
Characteristic Southern Scenes. 174 |
| Notes |
Contains paper label on verso printed by Jas. L. Gow, including photographer's imprint and advertisement: A large stock of
Views of Negro Groups, Cabins, Teams, Cotton Fields, and Plants, etc. kept constantly on hand. Also, Florida, Georgia, and
South Carolina Views.
|
|
Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
|
Advertised in The Philadelphia photographer, March 1875, p. 96. |
|
Purchase 2002. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
|
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 |
James A. Palmer (1825-1896) was an Irish American photographer who produced thousands of stereographs about life in Aiken,
South Carolina and Georgia, specializing in photographs of the African American community.
|
| Subject |
African American children -- Southern States. |
|
African American women -- Southern States. |
|
Cotton pickers -- Southern states. |
|
Cotton plantations -- Southern states. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
|
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Printer |
Gow, Jas. L., printer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - miscellaneous photographer - Palmer [P.2002.4.6] |
| Accession number |
P.2002.4.6 |
