Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U. S. A., 1895. Creator: Strohmeyer & Wyman.

Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U. S. A., 1895. Creator: Strohmeyer & Wyman.

2-831-984 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

A stereograph titled "Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U. S. A." printed by Strohmeyer & Wyman. The gelatin silver prints depict a group of unidentified African-American men, women, and children picking cotton in a field. A large basket of cotton is in the foreground between a child and a woman who is bent over picking bolls and putting them into a large sack looped around her shoulders. A man in the left background can be seen carrying a full basket of cotton bolls on his back. The publisher's name is printed along the left and right sides, with the title and copyright date printed in the lower right. The title is printed in several languages on the reverse center.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Strohmeyer & Wyman, attributed to: : Photographers, photography company

Medium
  1. Albumen prints
  2. Photograph
  3. Stereographs

Picture Type
  1. Heritage art
  2. Stereocard

Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States Georgia

  1. 32 00 00 N , 084 00 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Trade & Industry Occupations

Trade & Industry Agriculture & Fishing

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 8179x4228
File Size : 101,311kb


Aliases

  1. 2016.166.3
  1. NMAAHC-2016_166_3_001
  1. 0990005509
  1. 2-831-984
  1. 2016.166.3
  1. 2831984


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