[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 15 stereoviews of African Americans engaged in agricultural activities.
15 stereoviews on cardstock mounts, ca 1860s-early 1900s, featuring the following subjects/scenes:
BARNARD, G.N., photographer. "Digging Sweet Potatoes." Charleston, SC, ca late 1860s. -- NOWELL, F.A., photographer. Scene of African Americans digging sweet potatoes, identical to the Barnard view. Charleston, SC. -- LILLIENTHAL, photographer. "Negroes Cutting Cane." New Orleans, LA. -- BLESSING, S.T., photographer. "Cutting Sugar Cane." New Orleans, LA. -- "Trucking Sugar." Uncredited stereoview showing a group of African American men and women standing near large barrels of sugar loaded on a wheeled cart.
[With:] 10 stereoviews of African Americans picking and selling cotton. Highlighted scenes include: MORGAN, Rufus. "Picking Cotton." Charlotte, NC. -- HAVENS, O. Pierre, photographer. "Shipping Cotton." Savannah, GA. -- Uncredited stereoview showing a large group of African American women seated among piles of cotton. -- And 7 others credited to Alfred S. Campbell, Strohmeyer & Wyman, H.C. White Co., and Keystone View Co.
Together, 15 stereoviews.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.