Creator |
Keystone View Company, publisher. |
Contributor |
Underwood & Underwood, copyright holder. |
Title |
Cars loaded with cotton bales on levee near cotton growing district, Texas. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers, publishers |
Date |
[ca. 1920] |
Physical Description |
1 photograph : gelatin silver print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (3.5 x 7 in) (stereograph format) |
Description |
Scene showing a group of African American men using hand trucks to move large bales of cotton into or out of freight cars.
In the left are stacks of baled cotton with two men standing on top of the bales. In the center, lines of men hold hand trucks
of cotton, some turn and look at the viewer. In the right are open freight cars. A bridge and buildings are visible in the
background.
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Notes |
Title from item. |
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Date inferred from content. |
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Copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. |
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View is numbered P-V22091, the V indicating it was originally part of stereograph publisher and distributor, Underwood & Underwood's
stock. An additional number- P215 indicates what position the stereograph had within a set. Pedagogical text printed on the
verso reads "Freight cars loaded with cotton bales on the levee near cotton growing district, Texas..."
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Purchase 1998. |
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Description revised 2022. |
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Access points revised 2022. |
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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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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Biographical / historical note |
Keystone View Company was founded in 1892 by B.L. Singley, an amateur photographer from Meadville, Pennsylvania. Keystone
View Company was the leader in promoting stereographs for educational purposes. In 1912, the company purchased rights to some
Underwood & Underwood negatives for use in educational sets, and in 1922 purchased the remaining stock of Underwood materials.
The company remained in business until 1970.
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Subject |
African American men -- Texas. |
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African Americans -- Employment -- Texas. |
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Cotton industry -- Texas. |
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Dollies (Moving equipment). |
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Railroad freight cars -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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African American laborers -- Texas. |
Genre |
Gelatin silver prints -- 1910-1920. |
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Stereographs -- 1910-1920. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Keystone - Work [P.9600.12] |
Accession number |
P.9600.12 |