Stereograph depicting “Uncle Jimmie,” an older African American man knitting the corner edge of a mesh fishing net extended out in front of him from a pole on the porch of a wood cabin. Shows the man, with receding, short, cropped hair, seated, and in profile. He wears a white, long-sleeve, button-down shirt; dark-colored pants; and work shoes. The man, possibly Gullah, uses a flat rule and needle on the edge of the net. Behind the man, in the background, an open door to an entryway with an open window is visible. A vertical beam is also visible in the left of the image. Knitting fish net was and is one of a number of Gullah traditions (customs developed by enslaved Africans living along the Atlantic coast of South Carolina) practiced in Beaufort, S.C., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from active dates of Wilson & Havens partnership., Orange mount with rounded corners., Description reviewed 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Wilson & Havens, photographer
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - misc. photographer - Wilson & Havens [P.2020.38]
View from the Mills House hotel showing Institute Hall, the site where the Ordinance of Secession was signed, at 134 Meeting Street in Charleston, S.C. Also shows adjacent buildings, including the Circular Church (also known as the Independent Church) and a soda water restaurant, as well as signage advertising J.W. Harrisson in the lower right corner of the image., Title and name of photographer from accompanying label of 5739.F.11j., Stereographs on trimmed yellow mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso of stereograph., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of American Views and Civil War Views, Places, and Events., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date
May 11, 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Historic Buildings & sites [5739.F.11j], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Graff [5779.F.15d]
Shows mansions on the promenade known as the East Battery including the residence of merchant John Ravenel built 1847-1849 and the residence of Robert William Roper built circa 1838., Title and name of photographer from manuscript note on verso., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Inscribed in negative: Graff., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date
May 11, 1860
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Historic buildings & sites [5739.F.11a]
