| 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 men, women, and children picking and collecting cotton in the field. In the center, an African American
man, attired in a long-sleeved shirt that is open at the chest, holds a handful of cotton that he puts in a bag strapped across
his chest as he looks at the viewer. In front of him is a basket full of cotton. In the left, an African American woman, attired
in a head kerchief, a plaid, long-sleeved dress, and a dark-colored apron, stands and looks at the viewer. To the left, two
people are bent over at the waist picking cotton. Two children and two women stand in the field and look at the viewer. In
the background is a house and trees.
|
| Is part of |
Characteristic Southern Scenes. 169 |
| Notes |
Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
|
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.
|
|
Advertised in The Philadelphia photographer, March 1875, p. 96. [LCP Per P 81]. |
|
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 men -- 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.2002.4.5] |
| Accession number |
P.2002.4.5 |
