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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 15 stereoviews of African Americans engaged in agricultural activities.
Estimate: $500-$700
Sold
$550
Timed Auction
American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Location
Cincinnati
Description

[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.

Condition
Overall very good. Toning, occasional soiling, corner and edge wear to mounts. Nowell stereoview of sweet potato digging: damage to lower left edge of mount and print. Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.
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