Series of primarily captioned photographs depicting white children, a number also including a Black woman caregiver. Images also depict a goat and goat cart. Captions include: "An Important Conference"; "Back yard scenery in N.C."; "Summer"; "Showing the effect of not closing the mouth properly";"Rear view of 'my youngest'"; "Mistaking the shadow for the substance"; "Benjamin My youngest!"; "Master C.M. Gibbon - at 2 yrs"; and "'The 'non-adventurous Billie.', Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from the attire of the sitters., Gift of Marjorie G. Battles.
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photos - 5 x 7 - unidentified - Recreation [P.8502.115-125]
Collection depicting scenes on a cotton plantation, probably in North Carolina. Images include African American men and women at work picking cotton, often amongst large piles of cotton; wooden buildings on the plantation grounds; and portraits and candids of the African American agricultural laborers and resident children., Name of provenance from manuscript note on verso of P.8502.13: John H. Gibbons, Jr., b. North Carolina, in Phila. for medical school., Name of photographer from manuscript note on verso of P.8502.13: Dear Jno. -Sorry I did not get to see you before you left Phil. but Harvey came through & I went over to NY with him. So did not get around. Harry Sanders. I call this one of my best shots., Gift of Marjorie G. Battles, 1979., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Sanders, Harry, photographer
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photos - Sanders [P.8502.1-18]
