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Two little nigs [graphic] / J.N. Wilson, photographer and publisher of the largest and finest selection of stereoscopic views in the South. 21 Bull Street, [opposite Screven House] Savannah, GA.
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Creator
Wilson, J. N., photographer.
Title
Two little nigs [graphic] / J.N. Wilson, photographer and publisher of the largest and finest selection of stereoscopic views in the South. 21 Bull Street, [opposite Screven House] Savannah, GA.
Publisher
Savannah, Georgia : J.N. Wilson
Publisher
GA. Savannah. 1890
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 18 x 10 cm (4 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description
Racist portrait depicting two African American boys, attired in torn and worn clothes, seated on a plank on a barrel in a field. The barefooted boy in the left, attired in a hat, a torn shirt, and worn pants, sits with his hands folded on his lap. The boy in the right, attired in a hat, a worn shirt, torn pants, and dilapidated shoes, sits with his hands between his legs.
Notes
No. 119.
Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Warped orange mount with rounded corners.
Gift of David Long, 2002.
RVCDC
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.
Subject
African American boys -- Portraits.
Poor persons.
Racism in popular culture.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1880-1890.
Stereographs -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereos - miscellaneous photographer - Wilson [P.2002.8.4]
Accession number
P.2002.8.4
In Collections
African American History Photographs
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1866-1900
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